44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2000

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STAFF SUPPORT FOR NURSING FACILITIES THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose of providing funds for the recruitment, retention and salary enhancement of direct care providers in licensed nursing homes throughout New Mexico. Neither the department nor the recipient facilities shall retain any of this appropriation for administrative purposes. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall revert to the general fund.

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