GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1249

Short Title:  Independent Living/Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford, Plyler; Allran, Cooper, Perdue, and Phillips.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 21, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIVING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to provide direct services to individuals with severe disabilities more quickly and effectively, to reduce client backlog, and to provide staff parity and support among the 16 Independent Living Rehabilitation Program offices statewide.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.