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| SPONSOR: | Knauer | DATE TYPED: | 1/28/00 | HB | 245 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Sexually Aggressive Youth Treatment Programs | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Esquibel | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
| $ 500.0 | Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Children, Youth and Families Department
LFC Files
Department of Health did not respond
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council did not respond
Juvenile Parole Board did not respond
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The bill appropriates $500.0 to provide intensive therapeutic treatment for sexually aggressive youth referred by legal services, law enforcement and social service agencies and to provide training, technical assistance and data collection at rape crisis centers in Taos, Farmington, Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Significant Issues
The Children, Youth and Families Department's Juvenile Justice Division currently administers a statewide sex offender program that already offers similar treatment services to those described in House Bill 245.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Bill 245 appropriates $500.0 in general fund in FY01 to the Department of Health.
The appropriation contained in the bill may be utilized to leverage federal Medicaid funds for qualifying services and individuals.
The Department of Health (DOH) administers youth sex offender programs and services for institutionalized clients in its facilities at Sequoyah in Albuquerque and at the Las Vegas Medical Center. The Department of Health does not provide rape crisis services.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
The appropriation contained in the bill may be more appropriately directed to the Children, Youth and Families Department.
The bill does not specify if the services prescribed in the bill would be inpatient or outpatient.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The Children, Youth and Families Department indicates it funds many community-based behavioral service providers who serve as both referral sources and, in some cases, treatment centers for sexually aggressive youth. If this bill was enacted, it would be essential to coordinate CYFD's currently existing funding and services with any programs or services DOH would initiate.
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