GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 85

Short Title:        Adolesc. Pregnancy Prevention Campaign/Funds.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Purcell;  Atwater, Dannelly, and Dorsett.
Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.

February 10, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR THE ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION CAMPAIGN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated as a grant‑in‑aid to the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina.

SECTION 2.  The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina ("Campaign") shall use funds allocated in Section 1 of this act to match grants from private sources so that the Campaign may continue to work with and provide technical support to groups, communities, professionals, and individuals in organizing and implementing programs to prevent adolescent pregnancies.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.