GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1408

Short Title:  Health Care for Children Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Gulley; and Jordan.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 30, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RESERVE APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR POOR CHILDREN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a)	Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources for the Caring Program for Children, Inc., for the 1996-97 fiscal year, five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($525,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year shall be placed in a "Reserve for Health Care for Poor Children".
(b)	The Department shall allocate this reserve to a private, nonprofit multiprovider consortium that applies to the Department to provide health care for poor children and that meets all the requirements of the Department, including requirements that ensure that all these funds are expended for the public purpose for which they were reserved.  This allocation shall take place prior to June 30, 1997, or the funds in the Reserve shall revert to the General Fund.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective June 30, 1996.