A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO MERGE AND COORDINATE EXISTING SENIOR CITIZEN INFORMATION SERVICES INTO ONE SENIOR SERVICES INFORMATION CENTER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated for a pilot program in Cumberland County to merge and coordinate existing senior citizen information services into a one‑site comprehensive and coordinated senior services information center.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, shall report to the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division on the use of these funds.  The report shall be submitted on March 1, 2005, indicating the status of the pilot program, and a final report on April 1, 2006.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.