GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1358
     

 
Short Title:	Funds for Early Intervention/Public Health.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Alexander; and Luebke.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
April 19, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for early intervention SERVICES AND activities.

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 seven million three hundred fifty‑eight thousand eight hundred sixy‑nine dollars ($7,358,869) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of thirteen million two hundred ninety‑one thousand four hundred eighty‑six dollars ($13,291,486) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$1,363,013 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $2,014,780 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for expansion of special assessment and evaluation services for children referred to early intervention and for transition to preschool programs.
(2)	$5,012,681 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $8,980,654 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for expansion of capacity to provide special instruction, developmental and therapeutic interventions for children, and training and counseling for family members.
(3)	$800,000 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $1,600,000 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for the establishment of 24 new local family support programs and to provide ongoing resources for 13 existing programs operated on time‑limited funding.
(4)	$97,135 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $559,972 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for expansion of mandated transdisciplinary resource teams to cover additional regions of the State.
(5)	$86,040 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $136,080 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for mandated integrated data system for tracking services to children ages 0‑5 years.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of one hundred eighty‑four thousand two hundred eighty‑three dollars ($184,283) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to expand children service coordination services required by State and federal law.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of five million one hundred twenty‑five thousand six hundred twenty‑five dollars ($5,125,625) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of one million seven hundred eight thousand five hundred forty‑one dollars ($1,708,541) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$2,641,190 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $880,396 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for the expansion of special education and related services for children with visual and hearing impairments, including transportation services.
(2)	$2,025,810 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $675,270 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for supplemental transportation support and equipment for preschoolers with disabilities.
(3)	$458,625 for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and $152,875 for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for evaluation services for the increasing population of speech/language impaired children.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.