A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND INFANT CARE TO DEVELOP A NETWORK OF PROVIDERS TO FOCUS ON ISSUES RELATED TO PERINATAL CARE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the sum of seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Care to develop an ongoing statewide network of providers and professionals to focus on clinical and health systems issues in prenatal care, to create a collective and more comprehensive database and information source, and to execute quality improvement initiatives with the goal of reducing infant mortality and morbidity.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.