HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 175

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENGAGE IN A PILOT PROJECT CONSISTING OF COMMUNITY-BASED AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS RELATED TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA IN TRIBAL, RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE.

 

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 Kiki Saavedra senior

dignity fund to the aging and long-term services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 to engage in a pilot project consisting of community-based and culturally appropriate outreach campaigns related to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in tribal, rural and underserved communities in the state. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the Kiki Saavedra senior dignity fund.

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