0001|                            HOUSE BILL 114
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                        PATSY TRUJILLO KNAUER
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0008|       FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
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0012|     DEPARTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL CLIENT HOME SERVICE AGENTS TO
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0013|     PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars
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0017|     ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0018|     children, youth and families department for expenditure in
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0019|     fiscal year 1999 for the purpose of hiring a minimum of ten
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0020|     new full-time-equivalent client home-service agents to perform
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0021|     basic household maintenance and chores for certain homebound
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0022|     individuals who might otherwise be forced to reside in
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0023|     institutions.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0024|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0025|     general fund.
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