GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 833

Short Title:  Traumatic Brain Injury/DHHS Study.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Purcell, Kerr, Hartsell; and Reeves.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 12, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A DHHS STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS OF TREATING AND CARING FOR PERSONS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
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 one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year. These funds shall be used by the Department for a thorough study and analysis of the long-range costs of treating and caring for persons with Traumatic Brain Injury.  The Department shall report annually the progress of its study to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.