A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services to establish Ten additional Long‑term Care ombudsman Positions, as recommended by the study Commission on aging.
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 four hundred ninety‑two thousand one hundred thirty‑six dollars ($492,136) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the salary, benefits, and travel for 10 additional Long‑Term Care Ombudsman positions.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.