GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1737

Short Title:  Minority Health Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives H. Hunter; Adams, Green, Kennedy, and Wainwright.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 26, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH AND A MINORITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
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 one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to establish and support an Office of Minority Health and a Minority Health Advisory Committee within the Department.  These entities shall operate together and in cooperation with other State, local, and private organizations to identify and document the causes of the profound gap in health status between white and nonwhite citizens of North Carolina, and to develop and advocate alterations and expansions in health programs and services designed to eradicate this gap.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.