GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 438

Short Title:  Funds/Study "211"Hot Line System.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Odom.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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March 22, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A STATEWIDE "211"HUMAN SERVICE INFORMATION AND VOLUNTEERISM HOT LINE SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.(a)	The Department of Health and Human Services shall study the feasibility of creating a statewide "211"Human Service Information and Volunteerism Hot Line System similar to the 911 emergency system.  The Department shall report its findings, including any recommendations, to the General Assembly no later than February 1, 2000.
Section 1.(b)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to study the feasibility of creating a statewide "211"Human Service Information and Volunteerism Hot Line System.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.