A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM.
Whereas, early detection of breast and cervical cancer is one of the most effective public health interventions available; and
Whereas, it is estimated that over seven billion dollars per year is spent in the United States on the treatment of breast cancer, and over two billion dollars per year on the treatment of cervical cancer; and
Whereas, at almost no net cost to society, North Carolina can provide services that will have a significant impact on mortality rates and quality of life for women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through the North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program; Now, therefore,
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 two million two hundred sixty‑three thousand six hundred ten dollars ($2,263,610) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to augment current federal funds to provide further screening and diagnostic services for breast and cervical cancer for an additional 8,000 women in North Carolina through the North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP).
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.