GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1235*

Short Title:  Birth Defects Program Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Purcell, Warren; Albertson, Allran, Ballance, Ballantine, Carpenter, Carter, Clodfelter, Cochrane, Dalton, Dannelly, Forrester, Garrou, Garwood, Gulley, Hagan, Harris, Hartsell, Jordan, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lee, Lucas, Martin of Guilford, Martin of Pitt, Miller, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Rand, Robinson, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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May 15, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE BIRTH DEFECT MONITORING 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 hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used as follows:
(1)	To implement the Birth Defect Monitoring Program established under Part 7 of Article 5 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes;
(2)	To provide analysis of all birth defect data;
(3)	To provide dissemination of birth defect data to health care providers, public health personnel, members of the North Carolina General Assembly, and to the general public; and
(4)	To collect and analyze data on low-birth weight babies and premature babies.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.