A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating Additional funds for the Southern regional AHEC and the Eastern AHEC, as recommended by the legislative research commission.
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 additional sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2018‑2019 fiscal year to be allocated for the support of the Southern Regional AHEC and the additional sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the 2018‑2019 fiscal year to be allocated for the support of the Eastern AHEC. This additional funding shall be recurring funding and shall be used for surgery and family medicine residencies in the Southern Regional and Eastern AHEC service areas and for facility and structural improvements associated with current residency programs.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2018.