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

 

 

SPONSOR:

Marquardt

 

DATE TYPED:

3/05/03

 

HB

638

 

SHORT TITLE:

Statewide Independent Living Council Services

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Segura

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

$330.0

 

 

Recurring

GF

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation  (DVR)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 638 appropriates $330.0 to provide a cost-of-living adjustment, start independent living programs in unserved counties and support rural independent livings services.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The bill if enacted would provide independent living services to New Mexicans with disabilities and the opportunity to increase their independence. The funding would enable the agency to provide these services to unserved counties and rural areas.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

House Bill 638 appropriates $330.0 from the general fund and is recurring.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

DVR indicates that they have the experience, administrative procedures and an established program to develop and implement the intent of the legislation.

 

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

 

The consequences of not enacting this bill would be that people with disabilities living in unserved counties in New Mexico will continue to be without services resulting in increased dependence on strained resources, both personal and public.

 

RS/njw