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 EARLY INTERVENTION Programs.
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 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$1,250,000 for the development of model programs of early intervention across the State; and
(2)	$750,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for training and collaboration with model programs and community agencies to increase availability of early intervention for autism.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.