GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 393

Short Title:  Migrant Health Care Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Hunt of Moore; Marvin and Walker.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REIMBURSING HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR ESSENTIAL INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO MIGRANT FARM WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHILE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Health Services, Department of Human Resources, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1990-91 fiscal year, to be used to reimburse hospital and other health care providers for essential  inpatient and outpatient health and medical services provided to migrant farm workers and their dependents, to enable the Migrant Health Program adequately to address the farm workers' health needs during the peak harvest season, and to raise the reimbursement level of health care providers serving migrant farm workers.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.