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

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN INCREASE IN CHILD-CARE SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT IN RURAL AREAS.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 for the purpose of increasing the reimbursement rates for child care provided in rural areas. This appropriation shall be expended to increase the reimbursement rate for child-care services for children of all ages provided in rural areas by no more than twenty-five percent of the difference between the rates paid for reimbursement in metropolitan areas and the rates paid for reimbursement in rural areas. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the general fund.