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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

McSorley

 

DATE TYPED:

01/22/01

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

UNM Nursing Education Programs

 

SB

52

 

 

ANALYST:

Fernandez

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

6,795.4

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Relates to an Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act

                                                                                                                                                           

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

No Response

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 52 appropriates $6,795.4 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the purpose of nursing education programs and other costs at the UNM Health Sciences Center.

 

     Significant Issues

 

Included in the HB2, the General Appropriation Act of 2002, is a total of $1,000.0 to various post-secondary institutions for nursing education.  The funds may be used to provide market salary adjustments for nursing faculty, convert faculty from a nine-month contract to a 12-month contract, and to expand nursing student enrollments.  This represents partial funding for the request submitted by the Coalition of Publicly Funded Nursing Schools in New Mexico, a group comprised of two- and four-year post-secondary institutions.

 

HB2 also includes an appropriation of $950.0 to UNM Health Sciences to continue the expansion of student enrollment in the college of nursing in FY03.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $4,252.3 contained in Section 1 of this bill is also a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.  Of the total appropriation, $1,900.0 is to expand enrollment in the college of nursing and $2,352.3 is to expand Bachelor of Science in nursing and Master of Science in nursing education in New Mexico by partnering with other post-secondary educational institutions.

 

The appropriation of $2,543.1 contained in Section 2 of this bill is also a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the general fund.  Of the total appropriation, $2,043.1 is for additional operational costs and $500.0 is for operational costs at Carrie Tingley Hospital.

 

RELATIONSHIP

 

This bill relates to the General Appropriation Act by duplicating the $1,950.0 in appropriations to UNM Health Sciences Center already contained in HB2.

 

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