A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR THE STATEWIDE FOLIC ACID CAMPAIGN.
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 four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used for education and awareness activities on the importance of the consumption of folic acid in multiple vitamins preceding pregnancy to prevent neural tube birth defects and infant mortality.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that funds for the Statewide Folic Acid Campaign be included in the continuation budget of the Department of Health and Human Services.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2002.