GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 545*
     

 
Short Title:	Funds for Comm.-Based Pharm. Assistance Pgms.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Purcell.	
Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.	
March 20, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME ELDERLY PERSONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

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 two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year. These funds shall be used for a technical assistance program to provide competitive grants to communities for technical assistance and start‑up funding for pharmaceutical assistance programs.  The technical assistance program shall enable local communities to affiliate with the State's negotiating system for price rebates under the Medicaid program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.