A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for Project C.A.R.E. (Caregiver Alternatives to running on empty) which provides consumer‑directed respite care and comprehensive support to dementia caregivers with a goal of increasing respite and support services to low‑income rural and minority caregivers, as recommended by the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging.
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 Aging and Adult Services, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to fund Project C.A.R.E. (Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty), which provides respite care and support to families caring for a person with dementia.  The goal of the program is to increase quality, access, choice, and use of respite and support services to low‑income rural and minority caregivers.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.