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 in funds for 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 in funds for 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 one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2003‑2004 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as a grant‑in‑aid.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2003.