HOUSE BILL 292

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

INTRODUCED BY

Thomas C. Taylor

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A PREVENTIVE HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THAT WORKS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PERSONS WITH DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, OBESITY OR OTHER PREVENTABLE HEALTH CONDITIONS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to fund a preventive health pilot program in northwest New Mexico that works to identify and improve the health of persons who suffer from diabetes, heart disease, obesity or other preventable health conditions. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.