A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the Department of Health and Human Services and local departments of social services to publish applications for public assistance in the english language only, and to appropriate funds to replace publications currently printed in languages other than english.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Health and Human Services, County Departments of Social Services, and County or District Health Departments shall not publish applications for public benefits in any other language than the English language.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year. These funds shall be used to reprint applications for social services in the English language only. The Department of Health and Human Services shall allocate funds to local entities that provide applications for public benefits.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.