A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTHCARE ACCESS (ncaha), A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR OPERATIONS, BOARD DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Whereas, the North Carolina Association for Healthcare Access (NCAHA) is an association of organizations working to improve access to health care for low‑income medically uninsured persons in North Carolina; and
Whereas, NCAHA advances the work of volunteer health care providers through organized networks of charity care; and
Whereas, the goal of NCAHA is to support current, emerging, and new charity care access programs throughout the State; and
Whereas, through the combined efforts of NCAHA organizations, over $40,000,000 in charity care is provided to the neediest citizens of this State; and
Whereas, State funding will enable NCAHA to build on its success and to continue the good work that physicians and their partners are doing in communities such as Asheville, Boone, Charlotte, Winston‑Salem, Raleigh, Greenville, and Wilmington, among others; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Association for Healthcare Access (NCAHA) the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used for the NCAHA's general operations, board development, and provisions for its annual conference.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.