A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR allocation to the orange‑person‑chatham mental health authority for the TRANSITION OF EXISTING Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.
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 Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to the Orange‑Person‑Chatham Mental Health Authority for distribution to existing service providers to enable them to transition to the private sector.  
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.