SB 461 – Fund Health Center Programs/Health Disparities
Primary Senate Sponsors: Sen. Gladys Robinson (D-Guilford); Sen. Natalie Murdock (D-Durham); Sen. Mujtaba Mohammed (D-Mecklenburg)
Summary
This bill appropriates $2M in nonrecurring funds for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to the Division of Central Management and Support to be equally among the C.W. Williams Community Health Center, the Lincoln Community Health Center, Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine, and Greene County Healthcare, Inc., to be used to fund programs or initiatives targeting racial and ethnic health disparities in diabetes, high blood pressure, and health conditions attributed to food insecurity.
Movement
Filed – 4/1/2021