A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A HYPERTENSION PREVENTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, 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 three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used for a hypertension prevention demonstration project to be conducted in a high stroke, low resource area of the State.  The project will utilize evidence‑based practices (e.g. health literacy, patient self‑management, community education and outreach) and policy and systems changes that target patients and families, health care providers, and the general community, to create a successful model that can be replicated in other areas of the State.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.