45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ASSIST NEW PARENTS TO PROVIDE THE OPTIMUM EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 for the purpose of providing educational material on early childhood brain development, appropriate brain stimulation and learning techniques to new parents prior to the discharge of the newborn from a New Mexico hospital. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the general fund.

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