A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL‑BASEd and SCHOOL‑LINKED ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE CENTERS.
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 three hundred seventy‑five thousand dollars ($375,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used for the purpose of sustaining the centers and assisting centers that have been experiencing growth in caseloads. The Division shall allocate these funds to school‑based and school‑linked adolescent health centers that have been credentialed by the State, are in the process of being credentialed, or are providing high-quality services in a limited capacity.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to provide start‑up grants for five new school health centers in areas of the State where there are critical needs.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.