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SPONSOR: |
Beam |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
370 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Early Childhood Dental Caries Program |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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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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$25.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriation for the
Responses Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 370
appropriates $25.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the
Significant Issues
The DOH reports
Socioeconomic
conditions in
thirty-three counties
are designated as Heath Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAS), and twenty-five of
the thirty-three counties are designated as HPSAs for
dental care.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$25.0 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
reverts to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE
ISSUES
This request was not
included in UNM’
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1.
How large is the budget for the
2.
Could this $25.0 be found within that
budget to fund this task force activity?
3.
Shouldn’t the
LRB/yr:prr