GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1551

Short Title:  Sickle Cell Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Cunningham; Barnes, Barnhill, Beard, Bowman, Easterling, Fitch, Foster, Gist, Green, Hackney, Hardaway, Hensley, Sam Hunt, H. Hunter, Kennedy, Luebke, McAllister, McLaughlin, Michaux, Miller, Oldham, Wainwright, and Wicker.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 3, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR TRACKING NEWBORN INFANTS SCREENED FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1992-93 fiscal year to provide funding for the tracking of infants screened for sickle cell anemia in the newborn screening program.  These funds are to be equally divided among the four community-based Sickle Cell Centers in the cities of Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, and Jacksonville.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1992.