GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1256

Short Title:  Beginnings Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Carpenter, Lucas, Purcell, Warren, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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May 16, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR BEGINNINGS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING, INC.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Early Intervention and Education, Department of Health and Human Services, the sum of two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to Beginnings for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc., to provide for family support services for families with children aged birth to 21 years who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.