NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1034

HOUSE BILL 532

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE AND RELATED SERVICES TO MIGRANT FARMWORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHILE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

 

Whereas, the migrant farmworkers make a significant contribution to the agricultural economy of North Carolina; and

Whereas, the population of migrant farmworkers has increased significantly in the past three years; and

Whereas, the hospitals in counties with migrant farmworkers absorb losses on caring for migrants, eventually raising hospital costs for North Carolina citizens; and

Whereas, migrants do not earn enough to buy private health insurance; and

Whereas, federal funds for migrant health care in North Carolina do not cover inpatient hospitalization; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Health Services, Department of Human Resources for fiscal year 1979-80 and fiscal year 1980-81 the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) each year to pay for inpatient hospitalization costs and fees of surgeons and physicians rendering inpatient services to migrant farmworkers and their dependents while in North Carolina.

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.