A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR ALLOCATION TO THE NORTH CAROLINA HEALTHY START FOUNDATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as a grant‑in‑aid to the North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation to:
(1)	 Increase involvement and awareness of infant mortality‑related issues among key statewide, health related, professional organizations, and 
(2)	To increase infant mortality and morbidity awareness and adoption of risk reduction strategies and resources in some of the State's most at‑risk geographic areas.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.