GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 683

Short Title:  TEACCH Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 1, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ENABLE THE TEACCH PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER COMMUNICATION HANDICAPS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million fifty-one thousand six hundred ninety-nine dollars ($1,051,699) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to be used by Division TEACCH Administration and Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to enable the TEACCH program to meet the rapidly expanding needs of people with autism in North Carolina.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$434,693 for the Gastonia TEACCH Center.
(2)	$236,344 for the Raleigh Satellite TEACCH Center.
(3)	$199,472 for the Carolina Living and Learning Center Vocational Expansion.
(4)	$181,190 for TEACCH administration and research.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, these funds shall not be used by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for administrative costs.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.