NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 592

HOUSE BILL 906

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER WITHIN THE SANATORIUM SYSTEM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated the sum of three hundred thirty thousand five hundred dollars ($330,500) out of the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources for the fiscal year 1973-74, in addition to all other appropriated funds, for use by the Department in establishing a drug and alcohol treatment center within the sanatorium system.

Sec. 2.  The Department of Human Resources shall establish such a center at the Western North Carolina Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis for the purpose of evaluation and treatment or referral to State hospitals or other State facilities having existing programs for care and treatment of such persons. Upon establishment of the program herein provided for, local drug and alcoholic centers may make referrals to such hospital. In establishing this program, the Department is authorized and directed to utilize existing personnel and services to the fullest extent possible.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.