A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE Department of Health and Human Services TO CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTING FIRM TO STUDY ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S COUNTY ALLOCATION FORMULAS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The Department of Health and Human Services shall contract with a professional consulting firm to conduct a study of all of the county allocation formulas applied by the Department.  The purpose of the study is to determine the sufficiency, equity, and efficiency of each formula.  The study shall be completed not later than March 1, 2008. Not later than May 1, 2008, the Department shall report the results and recommendations of the study to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to contract with a consulting firm as required under Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.