HOUSE BILL 354

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Edward C. Sandoval

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MODERNIZE PATIENT HEALTH RECORDS AT PRIMARY CARE CLINICS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to update patient billing systems, implement electronic health records and conduct training in primary care clinics eligible to receive funds under the rural primary health care act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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