A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for better health of cumberland county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Better Health of Cumberland County, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to provide assistance for meeting unmet health care needs of low‑income, uninsured, and underinsured residents of Cumberland County. These funds may be used for diabetic management services, direct financial aid for prescriptions, emergency dental extractions, vision examinations and glasses, medical supplies, orthotics and prosthetics, transportation to out-of-town medical appointments, medical equipment loans, and information and referral for medical services.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.