GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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HOUSE BILL 1297

Short Title:     Funds/Min. Recruitment Pharmacy Schools.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives England, Coleman, Underhill, Farmer‑Butterfield (Primary Sponsors);  Alexander, Faison, Harrison, Jones, Luebke, Pierce, Womble, and Wray.
Referred to:	Appropriations.

April 4, 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR A PILOT PROGRAM TO ENHANCE RECRUITMENT OF MINORITY STUDENTS INTO PHARMACY SchOOLS.

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 three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to support the Minority Pharmacy Recruitment Program.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.