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

SPONSOR:	Tsosie		DATE TYPED:	02/08/02		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Additional Funding for Public Law 94-437				SB	SJM-67
					ANALYST:		Weber

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY02	FY03	FY02	FY03
			NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial resolves the following:

• That the state of New Mexico support the efforts to increase appropriations for urban Indian health care through Public Law 94-437, Title 5 Public Law 94-437 is known as the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA). This act is considered to be the cornerstone legal authority for the provision of health care to American Indians. The Act declared it was the policy of the United States to elevate the health status of the Indian population to a level at parity with the general U.S. population
• It is further resolved that the New Mexico legislature recommend that the University of New Mexico Hospital health care services be considered an alternate health care resource for qualified indigent Native Americans.

No appropriation is contained in this Memorial.

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