GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 932*

Short Title:  Mental Health/Funds for Drugs.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Cansler; Wainwright, Gardner, Rayfield, and Watson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 14, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR THE IMPROVED TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND TO STUDY ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year for the purchase of atypical antipsychotic drugs to be utilized by its program services and to study the effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs on the persons served.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.