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Statewide Independent Living Council Services |
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APPROPRIATION
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$300.0 |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 406
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
Senate Bill 406
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
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