A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for guardianship services under the laws relating to guardianship.
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 Aging and Adult Services, the sum of five million one hundred twenty‑one thousand seven hundred eighty‑three dollars ($5,121,783) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year. These funds shall be used for guardianship services provided by county departments of social services, Local Management Entities (LMEs), local health departments, and county departments on aging and for essential legal and medical consultation.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.