A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support a diabetes education umbrella in the state health director's office.
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 sixty‑five thousand dollars ($165,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred sixty‑five thousand dollars ($165,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to support a diabetes education umbrella to be located in the State Health Director's office.  These funds may be used to create positions for an ADA registered dietitian and registered nurse to provide oversight of local health departments' diabetes education programs to meet ADA requirements and receive reimbursement.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.