A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated to the Center for Women's Health Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and shall be used to expand the original model at UNC‑CH statewide to East Carolina University and other research universities; provide expertise and technical support to increase research grant dollars for North Carolina research studies; expand pilot programs to make North Carolina proactive, including North Carolina Women's Health Report Card and special inserts for Hispanic and American Indian populations; salary support for directors, leading researchers, and staff.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.