A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase access to feminine hygiene products in north carolina diaper banks and to increase funds for the feminine HYGIENE 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 the sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to be allocated to the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes diapers and other personal hygiene products to assist those in need and to increase the accessibility of feminine hygiene products in local diaper banks throughout the State.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to fund the Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program under G.S. 115C‑377.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.