A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the regional area health education centers.
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 million eight hundred two thousand five hundred dollars ($4,802,500) in recurring funds for the 2019‑2020 school year to be allocated to the Asheville campus of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine to support the joint program with the Mountain Area Health Education Center.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of four million eight hundred thousand dollars ($4,800,000) in recurring funds for the 2019‑2020 school year to be allocated to the Southern Regional Area Health Education Center (SR AHEC) to be used for residencies in the SR AHEC service areas and for facility and structural improvements associated with current residency programs.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in recurring funds for the 2019‑2020 school year to be allocated to University of North Carolina Rockingham Health Care to provide matching grant funds for a primary care rural advancement program.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019.