A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IDENTIFY STROKE REHABILITATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND TO PUBLICIZE INFORMATION ABOUT STROKE REHABILITATION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JUSTUS‑WARREN HEART DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION TASK FORCE.
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 Public Health, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to identify stroke rehabilitation services throughout the State, to establish a partnership with the existing State‑run NCcareLINK, a Web‑based information portal for the purpose of disseminating information, and to establish other means of publicizing this information about stroke rehabilitation services and programs to health care providers and the public.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.