GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 114

 
 
Short Title:	Funds for Perinatal Care.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Martin of Pitt; and Dannelly.	
Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.	
February 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for perinatal care.

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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2001-2002 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2002-2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$400,000 in each fiscal year for the 10 counties most in need of access to perinatal care for non‑Medicaid low‑income women.
(2)	$100,000 in each fiscal year for 10 community coalitions to address gaps in local perinatal health care services.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.