SENATE BILL 349

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

INTRODUCED BY

Steve Komadina







AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER NEEDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO.



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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

A. Eight million four hundred sixty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($8,464,500) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 as follows:

(1) for instruction and general education purposes in the following amounts:

(a) six hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($643,000) to expand college of nursing enrollment;

(b) four hundred ninety-four thousand eight hundred dollars ($494,800) to extend nursing faculty salaries to a twelve-month year;

(c) five hundred seventy-three thousand four hundred dollars ($573,400) for salary market adjustments for the nursing faculty and the information technology staff;

(d) two hundred forty-six thousand dollars ($246,000) for the occupational therapy and physical therapy master's degree programs;

(e) seven hundred ninety-six thousand four hundred dollars ($796,400) for specialty education in pediatrics;

(f) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for specialty education in trauma, critical care and emergency care;

(g) three hundred seventy-eight thousand nine hundred dollars ($378,900) for health sciences library collections; and

(h) one million one hundred fifty-five thousand six hundred dollars ($1,155,600) for unavoidable costs, including utilities, information technology maintenance, group insurance and safety, health and environmental affairs;

(2) for special projects in the following amounts:

(a) two hundred sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars ($266,800) for the cancer research and treatment center salary adjustment and cigarette tax revenue adjustment;

(b) two hundred forty-one thousand two hundred dollars ($241,200) for the newborn intensive care unit neonatal nurse practitioner salary adjustment and transport expenses;

(c) three hundred thirty-three thousand three hundred dollars ($333,300) for the newborn intensive care unit staff expansion;

(d) two hundred ninety-six thousand three hundred dollars ($296,300) for the hemophilia program cost-of-blood adjustment;

(e) four hundred seventy-eight thousand three hundred dollars ($478,300) for the toxic emergency response program;

(f) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the pediatric pulmonary outreach program; and

(g) sixty thousand five hundred dollars ($60,500) for the young children's health center behavioral services; and

(3) for the following projects and programs in the following amounts:

(a) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for specialty education in pediatrics;

(b) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for specialty education in trauma;

(c) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the New Mexico poison and drug information center;

(d) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the pediatric oncology program;

(e) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the telemedicine project;

(f) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the area health education centers; and

(g) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Los Pasos program.

B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the general fund.

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