A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services, DIVISION OF Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN SMALL GROUP HOMES.
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 seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to provide support to individuals who received a traumatic brain injury after age 22 and are residing in licensed group homes for six or fewer individuals.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.