A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services TO EXPAND LOCAL teen PREGNANCY PREVENTION initiatives AND PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, the sum of one million three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,350,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of one million three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,350,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives established and administered by the Department pursuant to G.S. 130A‑131.15A.  These funds shall be used as follows:
(1)	To implement and support 10 new local initiatives or programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
(2)	To provide grants to local health departments for the prevention of out‑of‑wedlock pregnancies.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.