A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR ADOLESCENT PARENTING, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION, AND OUT‑OF‑WEDLOCK BIRTH PROGRAMS.
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 one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the 2003‑2004 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to the Division of Public Health to restore cuts made in funds for local teen pregnancy prevention initiatives.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of eight hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($825,000) for the 2003‑2004 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to restore cuts made in funds that had gone to local health departments for the prevention of out‑of‑wedlock births.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2003‑2004 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as a grant‑in‑aid and used to restore a portion of the grant that has been used to assist groups, communities, professionals, and individuals in organizing and implementing programs to prevent adolescent pregnancy.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2003.