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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Beam		DATE TYPED:	1/30/02		HB	181
SHORT TITLE:		Tobacco Settlement Program Fund Distributions				SB
					ANALYST:		Esquibel

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY02	FY03	FY02	FY03
	$22,025.0			Recurring	TSPF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Appropriations in The General Appropriation Act (see attachment).

Relates to HB2, HB24, HB64, HB168, SB17, SB22, SB31, SB42, SB79, SB97, SB129

Duplicates SB101

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Responses Received From

NM Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

Department of Health (DOH)

Veterans’ Service Commission (VSC)

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

NM Health Policy Commission (HPC)

State Department of Education (SDE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 181 appropriates $22,025.0 from the tobacco settlement program fund for the following:

$8,000.0 to DOH for tobacco prevention and cessation programs;

$275.0 to DOH for media literacy;

$1,000.0 to DOH for diabetes prevention;

$2,500.0 to DOH for primary prevention home visits;

$470.0 to DOH for HIV/AIDS prevention;

$1,600.0 to DOH to expand operating support of primary care clinics;

$5,830.0 to UNM Health Sciences Center for tobacco-related research, pediatric education, trauma education, a health education center, Los Pasos program, Para Los Ninos program, pediatric oncology, a poison and drug information center, and a telemedicine project;

$1,750.0 to UNM Health Sciences Center for emphysema and lung cancer detection and treatment; and

$600.0 to VSC for an assisted living program for veterans with lung disease.

Significant Issues

House Bill 2 et al currently contains funding from the tobacco settlement program fund for many of these items (SEE ATTACHED).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $22,025.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the tobacco settlement program fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY03 shall revert to the tobacco settlement program fund.

HB2 et al currently contains funding for many of the items in this bill utilizing tobacco settlement program fund revenue (SEE ATTACHMENT).

F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Responses Received From

RAE/njw

ATTACHMENT