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, FOR SERVICES TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARE ALSO DEAF.
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 two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to provide crucial community services to residents of North Carolina who experience mental illness and are also deaf.  Funds will also be used for continued compliance with the 504B Settlement Agreement between the State and the NC Association for the Deaf.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.