Bill Summary for S 101 (2011-2012)

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Feb 22 2011

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
Senate Bill 101 (Public) Filed Tuesday, February 22, 2011
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN NORTH CAROLINA, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE.
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Appropriates $500,000 for 2011-12 and $500,000 for 2012-13 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Rural Health and Community Care (Office), to be allocated to the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Perinatal Quality Care Initiative of North Carolina (PQCNC) to fund research projects to help reduce infant mortality and morbidity. Requires PQCNC, in conjunction with the Office, Community Care of North Carolina, and in support of the Division of Medical Assistance’s Pregnancy Home Initiative, to adopt annual work plans that include research projects with health care providers and hospitals. Also requires PQCNC to submit progress reports on each project to the Office and the General Assembly. Effective July 1, 2011.