HOUSE BILL 127

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Nick L. Salazar

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Eight million two hundred four thousand fourteen dollars ($8,204,014) is appropriated from the general fund to the aging and long-term services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the following purposes in the following amounts:

                (1) six million eight hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred thirty dollars ($6,869,430) to the four area agencies on aging for senior services, including adult daycare, case management, congregate meals, home-delivered meals, in-home services, transportation and senior center services throughout the six planning and service areas;

                (2) six hundred twenty thousand six hundred seventy-four dollars ($620,674) for volunteer programs, including foster grandparents, senior companions and retired senior volunteers;

                (3) five hundred twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($524,500) for information, assistance, education and respite services for caregivers and individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and other chronic illnesses or functional impairments; and

                (4) one hundred eighty-nine thousand four hundred ten dollars ($189,410) for senior health promotion activities, including senior olympics.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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