NC H997

Appropriates $870,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for the 2011-2013 biennium to prevent infant mortality.

Allocates $350,000 to the March of Dimes for the NC Folic Acid Campaign to provide outreach, educational materials, and vitamins to reduce neural tube defects.

Allocates $325,000 to the East Carolina School of Medicine to operate a high-risk maternity clinic serving 29 eastern counties to improve birth outcomes.

Allocates $150,000 to the Healthy Start Foundation for the Safe Sleep Campaign to reduce SIDS and sleep-related suffocations through education and public awareness.

Allocates $45,000 to the University of North Carolina School of Medicine to provide education and progesterone to reduce preterm births among low-income non-Medicaid women with prior preterm birth history.