GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1251

Short Title:  Home Visiting Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford, Allran, Cooper, Martin of Pitt; Albertson, 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 FOR THE MATERNAL OUTREACH PROGRAM, 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 Division of Women's and Children's Health, Department of Health and Human Services, the sum of three million two hundred thousand dollars ($3,200,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to expand the Maternal Outreach Program to serve children up to the age of three years from high-risk families.  This program trains young mothers and dramatically reduces incidences of child abuse and neglect.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.