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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Sandoval

 

DATE TYPED:

1/30/02

 

HB

191

 

SHORT TITLE:

Cardiac Arrest Response Fund

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Esquibel

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

Recurring

TSPF

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

REVENUE

 

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

 

$10.0

$0.1

 Indeterminate

Recurring

New Fund

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Responses Received From

NM Health Policy Commission (HPC)

 

No Response

Department of Health (DOH)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 191 appropriates $10.0 from the tobacco settlement program fund to DOH for the purpose of creating a cardiac arrest response fund.  The purpose of the fund is to purchase, distribute and train in the use of automated external defibrillators and semiautomatic external defibrillation devices in all appropriate state and local government buildings, facilities and vehicles.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $10.0 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 remain in the cardiac arrest response fund .  The new fund may also accrue revenue from training fees, grants, donations and other sources as permitted under the Cardiac Response Act.

 

This bill creates the cardiac arrest response fund and provides for continuing appropriations.  The LFC objects to including continuing appropriation language in the statutory provisions for newly created funds.  Earmarking reduces the ability of the legislature to establish spending priorities.

 

TECHNICAL ISSUES

 

The bill does not indicate a mechanism for collecting fees.

 

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