GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 945

Short Title:  Area Mental Health Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Albertson, Ballance, Clodfelter, Dannelly, Gulley, Harris, Hoyle, Kerr, Martin of Pitt, Perdue, Phillips, Purcell, Rand, Shaw of Cumberland, Warren, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 14, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR AREA MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  The Division shall allocate these funds to area mental health programs based on a formula developed to address the waiting list for services in each of the disability areas, to increase funds for services underfunded in the past, and to ensure the viability of existing services.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.