GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1406
     

 
Short Title:	Public Health Demonstration Project.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Wright.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
April 26, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN TIER ONE COUNTIES.

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 two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to the Institute for Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a public health improvement demonstration project in tier one counties.  The funds shall be used as follows:
(1)	For the measurement of existing health department performance in areas such as monitoring, community assessment, technical awareness, management, and institutional capacity.
(2)	For the creation of a set of standards for continuous quality improvement in health departments.
(3)	For staff retraining and regional use of new technical hires, mobilization of resources for future network development, and improved community involvement and awareness.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.