GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 849

Short Title:  MR/DD Services Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Walker.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 1, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED/DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of $1,749,752 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $2,867,443 for the 1992-93 fiscal year, to increase the level of funding for services for the mentally retarded/developmentally disabled.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	For Fiscal Year 1991-92:
a.	$1,215,000 to group homes for the developmentally disabled;
b.	$134,752 to existing Apartment Living Programs;
c.	$400,000 to cover the capital and start-up costs of new Apartment Living Programs; and
(2)	For Fiscal Year 1992-93:
a.	$2,431,095 to group homes for the developmentally disabled;
b.	$286,348 to Apartment Living Programs existing as of the 1991-92 fiscal year; and
c.	$150,000 for operational expenses for the group homes whose capital and start-up costs were funded pursuant to sub-subdivision c. of subdivision (1) of this section.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.