A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to purchase and operate a mobile dental X‑ray Unit for use at the mission of mercy free dental clinic projects.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Dental Health Fund, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year to fund the purchase, equipping, inspection‑qualifying, and operation of a mobile dental X‑ray/imaging truck or van, including space and media equipment for prevention education and training for patients waiting for treatment, to be used primarily to serve patients at the North Carolina Dental Society and Open Door Clinic of Alamance County‑operated and sponsored Mission of Mercy (MOM) free dental clinics.  When not scheduled for MOM projects, the mobile dental X‑ray/imaging truck or van may serve other related and similar outreach projects and programs that deliver free or low-cost dental care to needy and underserved populations.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Dental Health Fund, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to fund the maintenance, testing and inspection, service, support, and operation of the mobile dental X‑ray/imaging truck or van.
SECTION 3.  Use of the mobile dental X‑ray/imaging truck or van shall be controlled by the North Carolina Dental Health Fund, Inc., in consultation with the MOM project leaders in the North Carolina Dental Society and Open Door Clinic of Alamance County.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.