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 INTERNSHIPS AT STATE UNIVERSITIES.
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 three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$100,000 to restore two internship positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and
(2)	$200,000 to provide funds to stabilize and bring the stipend for year‑long internships at the eight internship programs in State facilities or universities in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each intern slot.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.