A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE DENTAL RATES UNDER MEDICAID.
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 Medical Assistance, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to increase dental rates under the State Medical Assistance Plan.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.