SENATE BILL 470

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

INTRODUCED BY

Cynthia Nava

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COORDINATED STATEWIDE CANCER PREVENTION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SERVICES.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to provide coordinated cancer prevention, research and education services in support of the department's statewide cancer plan. The department shall provide the services through a nonprofit statewide network of health care providers engaged in conducting clinical trials, providing educational services to physicians and patients and coordinating with organizations that provide support services to cancer patients and their families. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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