A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS for the NC SOCIAL SERVICES CONSORTIUM FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES.
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 Social Services, the sum of four hundred twenty thousand dollars ($420,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to the NC Social Services Consortium for the following purposes:
(1)	$160,000 to contract with a quality improvement organization  to continue the development of the Quality Improvement Program and to assist with pilot program implementation.
(2)	$260,000 for a pilot program in four counties to test the Quality Improvement Program prior to its implementation statewide. These funds may be used for one position in each of four counties.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.