A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to hire new staff, to undertake two additional studies annually at the request of the North Carolina General Assembly, and to support a rapid‑response capacity to analyze secondary data sources on health or provide other health‑related data to the North Carolina General Assembly and to State and local government agencies.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.