A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTHY CAROLINIANS PARTNERSHIPS HEALTH PROMOTION INITIATIVES IN EACH COUNTY.
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 seventy‑five thousand dollars ($1,075,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year.  Of these funds, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be allocated to each county in the State to establish and sustain the necessary infrastructure in the county to create or maintain health promotion partnerships to carry out locally defined initiatives inclusive of women and children, youth, work site, minority populations, and aging populations. In order to receive funds under this section, each county shall ensure that its partnership meets established standards developed by the Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians and align with the North Carolina 2010 health objectives.  These standards shall be monitored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health.  Counties shall provide documentation to the Department evidencing an in‑kind contribution or match of at least fifty percent (50%) of funds received under this section from local partnerships to provide space, equipment, and supplies.
SECTION 2.  Of the funds appropriated in this act, the Department of Health and Human Services may use up to seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) to support the Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians midcourse review of the North Carolina 2010 health objectives and to provide a report on their findings, data, and technical assistance to the Healthy Carolinians Partnerships.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.