GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 154

Short Title:  Maternal Outreach Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling; Adams, Alexander, Baddour, Clary, Cunningham, Dickson, Hackney, Hensley, H. Hunter, Jarrell, Jeffus, Luebke, McCrary, Morris, Mosley, Nye, Smith, Wainwright, Warner, Wright, Yongue.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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February 13, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE MATERNAL OUTREACH PROGRAM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, the sum of three million two hundred thousand dollars ($3,200,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of three million two hundred thousand dollars ($3,200,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to expand the Maternal Outreach Program to serve children from high-risk families up to the age of three years.  The program trains young mothers and drastically reduces incidences of child abuse and neglect.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.