A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO SUSTAIN THE BIRTH DEFECTS MONITORING PROGRAM.
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 hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to:
(1)	Sustain surveillance and clinical data collection of birth defect cases by the Birth Defects Monitoring Program.
(2)	Continue linking data on birth defects, vital statistics, newborn metabolic screening, and children's special health services.
(3)	Continue analysis and dissemination of birth defects information for health care providers, public health programs, public officials, and the general public.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.