GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 449

Short Title:  Intens. Family Preserv. Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Albertson, Allran, Ballance, Cooper, Dannelly, Forrester, Gulley, Hoyle, Jordan, Kinnaird, Lucas, Martin of Pitt, Phillips, Purcell, Rand, Shaw of Cumberland, and Warren.

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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 FOR INTENSIVE FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS IN SIX ADDITIONAL COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide intensive family preservation programs in the six additional counties that have the highest number of children in foster care in the State.  These programs shall be developed and administered pursuant to Part 5B of Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.