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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Crook

 

DATE TYPED:

3/03/03

 

HB

974

 

SHORT TITLE:

Prison-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Reynolds-Forte

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

 

 

Indeterminate

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Relates to HJM 80

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Responses Received From

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

HB974 requires the New Mexico Corrections Department to establish a demonstration, prison-based drug rehabilitation program for inmates, and authorizes the Department when establishing such a program to collaborate with a private organization that has expertise in establishing a prison-based drug rehabilitation program that addresses drug rehabilitation, education, self-respect, and life skills.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

HB974 does not contain an appropriation in the bill to pay for this program.  The Department has limited funds for rehabilitation programs and, in order to fund the new program, would have to 1) move funds from another area of their budget, 2) use current rehabilitation program funding by replacing a current program with the demonstration program, or 3) seek funding such as federal funding for such a program.     

 


RELATIONSHIP

 

HB974 relates to HJM80 which requests the New Mexico Corrections Department to seek federal funds to establish a prison-based drug rehabilitation program.

 

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