A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR AN INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC UNIT IN WAKE COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Wake County the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used for the construction of a freestanding, 60‑bed inpatient psychiatric unit to replace beds lost due to closure of Dorothea Dix Hospital and to provide acute hospitalization for adolescent and adult residents of Wake County and surrounding areas.  These funds are contingent upon a written commitment from Wake County to provide matching funds at a rate determined by the General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.