HOUSE BILL 263

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Peter Wirth

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CREATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE BREAST CANCER CENTER TO SERVE THE WOMEN OF NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for St. Vincent regional medical center for the creation of a comprehensive breast cancer center to serve the women of north central New Mexico, including recruitment of a breast cancer surgeon, establishment of a facility for breast cancer prevention and a screening system for early intervention. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.