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SPONSOR: |
Gonzales |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
522 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Implement Nurse In Every School Program |
SB |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$3,200.0 |
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See Narrative |
Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates: SB 465, Implement Nurse in every
School Program
Relates to:
HB 457, Medication to Public School Students
HB 528, Medication to Public School
Students
Responses
Received From
State Department of Education (SDE)
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
Department of Health DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 522
appropriates $3,200.0 from the general fund to the State Department of Public
Education (SDE) for implementation of the Nurse In
Every School Program. The program shall
be phased in over a five-year period with priority given to those schools that
have the fewest number of school nurses employed.
Significant
Issues
The SBE may develop exceptions to the Nurse In Every School Program for small rural districts. In addition, the bill requires that, effective
with the 2003-2004 school year, one fifth of
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$3,200.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004
shall revert to the general fund. The
appropriation will increase by approximately $3,200.0 for each subsequent year
until the 2007-2008 school year when the bill requires
a nurse in every school.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
Increasing school
nurses in
TECHNICAL ISSUES
In its analysis of
this bill, SDE suggests the State Board of Education (SBE) may not be the best
agency to determine to this program in small rural districts; and suggests the
DOH may be better suited to determine exceptions.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to the new Mexico Public Schools Nursing Staff Data Report, 1999-2000,
there were 373 school nurses available for 758 school buildings, and that the
ratio of school nurses to students varied from 1:488 to 1:2,150. Improvements in the school nurse-student
ratio have improved over the past five years due in part to the Medicaid in the
Schools Program.
The shortage of nurses
in
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1.
Will there be enough trained nurses in
2.
Will sanctions be imposed on school districts
that do not or cannot comply with the provisions of the bill?
3.
The bill addresses schools. Does this bill affect private schools?