HOUSE BILL 180

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2012

INTRODUCED BY

Candy Spence Ezzell

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COORDINATED CANCER PREVENTION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SERVICES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRIALS IN RURAL AREAS, IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S STATEWIDE CANCER PLAN.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2013 to provide coordinated cancer prevention, research and education services, including access to clinical trials in rural areas, 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 2013 shall revert to the general fund.

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