SENATE HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 501

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE PROTON THERAPY FOR CANCER PATIENTS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 to allow the city of Albuquerque to contract with an organization that provides affordable proton therapy to cancer patients. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund.

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