H.B. 280
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 11, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH40071-MRa-37
Short Title: Mental Health Facility/Western NC/Funds. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Clampitt, Pless, and Gillespie (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A
3 NEW MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
6 Health and Human Services the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in nonrecurring funds
7 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to provide funds for the planning and construction of a new mental
8 health care facility to be located in either Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
9 or Swain County.
10 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2021.
*DRH40071-MRa-37*