GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	3 

SENATE BILL 1122
Health Care Committee Substitute Adopted 4/28/99
House Committee Substitute Favorable 5/26/99

Short Title:  Area Mental Health/County Appropriations.    	(Public)

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO REDUCE CERTAIN COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR AREA MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 122C-115(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, counties shall not reduce county appropriations and expenditures for current operations and ongoing programs and services of area authorities because of the availability of State-allocated funds, fees, capitation amounts, or fund balance to the area authority. Counties may reduce county appropriations by the amount previously appropriated by the county for one-time, nonrecurring special needs of the area authority."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.