A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To appropriate funds to support training on injury prevention in north carolina, as recommended  by the child fatality task force.
Whereas, injury is the leading cause of death for children above age nine; and
Whereas, it is critical that professionals across the State receive up‑to‑date training on injury; and
Whereas, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Prevention Research Center has developed important infrastructure and expertise and has been providing training in this area; and
Whereas, grant funding for this important function is no longer available; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2011‑2012 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2012‑2013 fiscal year to be allocated to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center to provide training on injury prevention for professionals in North Carolina.
SECTION 2.  The Injury Prevention Research Center shall coordinate its training efforts with the Department of Health and Human Services, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, and shall provide annual reports on training to the Branch and to the General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.