GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE DRH50047-SHz-8A*  (12/03)

Short Title:     Project C.A.R.E. for Dementia Funds.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Farmer-Butterfield, Bordsen, Pierce (Primary Sponsors); and England.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to the Division of aging and adult services, department of health and human services, for Project C.A.R.E. (Caregiver alternatives to running on empty), which provides support for individuals with dementia and their caregivers, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on aging.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Aging and Adult Services, Department of Health and Human Services, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year, and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to fund Project C.A.R.E., which provides support to individuals with dementia and their caregivers.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.