GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 546

 
 
Short Title:	Club Nova Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Insko, Warwick; and Hackney.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
March 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPrOVEMENTS AT CLUB NOVA, A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN THE TOWN OF CARRBORO.

Whereas, Club Nova is a psychiatric rehabilitation program run by the OPC Foundation for Mental Health, Inc., in Orange County; and
Whereas, Club Nova serves adults who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness; and
Whereas, Club Nova offers members assistance with housing, education, job training, employment, and daily living skills; and
Whereas, Club Nova serves 36 to 42 members per day; and
Whereas, Club Nova's facility was purchased in 1991 to house 11 members in adjacent apartments and to provide space for the clubhouse program; and
Whereas, the facility was built in the 1920s and is in serious need of repairs, renovation, and expansion to adequately serve those needing Club Nova's services; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to OPC Foundation for Mental Health, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year for repairs and renovation of the Club Nova, a mental health facility in the Town of Carrboro.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.