NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1031

HOUSE BILL 465

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR MEDICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN SUSPECTED TO BE ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.

 

Whereas, the problem of child abuse and neglect is widespread throughout the population of North Carolina; and

Whereas, many of the injuries and health impairments suffered by children are often overlooked or attributed to causes other than abuse or neglect; and

Whereas, systematic medical assessment of children under investigation for suspected abuse or neglect is necessary for the determination of health status; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Health Services, Department of Human Resources the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for fiscal year 1979-80 and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the fiscal year 1980-81 for the purpose of performing medical assessments of children suspected of being abused or neglected.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.