A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina to be allocated to the university of north carolina at wilmington for supplemental instruction and operating costs at its new college of health and human services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year to be allocated to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington to assist with the cost of supplemental instruction and to provide additional operating support for the new College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
SECTION 2.  The new College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will increase the visibility and identity of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington as a center of health‑related education, research, and application.  Expected outcomes include increasing the university's ability to meet health care shortages, organizing translational research in health professional clinical practice in partnership with regional providers, focusing research on regional health disparities, and organizing regional partners to support and expand student preparation.  The new College of Health and Human Services will concentrate and coordinate existing programs in nursing, social work, and health and human sciences, providing a common infrastructure of instructional, outreach, engagement, and research resources at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.