APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR TOBACCO USE PREVENTION.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 450 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 31, 2015
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, FOR TOBACCO USE PREVENTION.
Intro. by Lambeth, Pendleton, Meyer.

Status: Ref To Com On Appropriations (House Action) (Apr 2 2015)

Bill History:

H 450

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 31 2015 - View Summary

    Identical to S 662, filed 3/26/15.

    Appropriates $7 million for 2015-16 and $7 million for 2016-17 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Chronic Disease and Injury Section. Requires the funds to be allocated during each fiscal year of the biennium to the Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch to be used as specified in the act for 10 regional teen tobacco use prevention programs, youth leadership and involvement training and assistance, a tobacco-free campus initiative, a smoke-free multi-unit housing initiative to protect children from second-hand smoke, prenatal and neonatal outreach, education and training, and tobacco use prevention program evaluation. Effective July 1, 2015.