GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 138

Short Title:  CPS Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling, Diamont, Luebke, Gottovi, Holt; H. Hunter, Spears, Wainwright, Colton, and Alexander.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year, to provide funds for social services workers for child protective services investigation and child welfare services.  The Director of the Division of Social Services, after consultation with the North Carolina Association of County Directors of Social Services, Inc., shall establish a fair and equitable formula for the distribution of these funds to county departments of social services.  No county shall receive less than the cost of one full-time worker.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.