HOUSE BILL 424

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gail Chasey

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE FOR MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three million one hundred thousand dollars ($3,100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for a cost-of-living increase for developmental disabilities medicaid waiver programs to maintain quality services, improve staff recruitment and retention, provide employee health insurance and salary increases, comply with minimum wage laws and meet rising programmatic and operational costs of quality care. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.