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SPONSOR: |
Carraro |
DATE TYPED: |
02/17/03 |
HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Tobacco Settlement Fund Appropriations |
SB |
534 |
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ANALYST: |
Weber |
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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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$15,142.0 |
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Recurring |
Tobacco
Settlement
Program
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
REVENUE
Estimated Revenue |
Subsequent Years Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
|
|
|
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$3,900.0 |
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Recurring |
Federal
Funds |
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Relates to HB 2, HB 7, HB 137, HB 144, SB 2, SB 133, SB 190, SB 298 & SJR 1
Conflicts
with SB 298
Duplicates
Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Responses
Received From
Department
of Health
Commission
on Higher Education
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 534
appropriates $15.142 million from the Tobacco Settlement Program Fund to the
Department of Health, University of New Mexico, the Veterans’ Service
Commission and the Human Services
Department for a variety of health related uses.
Significant
Issues
SB 534 makes appropriations for the following:
Department of Health ($ 9,342,000):
·
$6,000,000
appropriated for comprehensive tobacco use prevention and cessation programs
that is community based. The program is
to include school-based youth and parent programs, media and public awareness
campaigns and partnerships;
·
$2,500,000
for an early intervention program for at risk children;
·
$ 250,000 for statewide tobacco education
prevention program;
·
$ 42,000 to purchase pulmonary function
analyzer, office equipment and furniture for a collaborative program on chronic disease risk reduction in Taos
County;
·
$ 250,000 to provide automatic external
defibrillators to state and local government buildings and vehicles;
·
$ 200,000 to contract to implement a
comprehensive cancer control plan; and
·
$ 100,000 appropriated for educating the
public about prostate cancer.
University of New Mexico (UNM) ($3,900,000):
·
$1,500,000
to the board of regents of UNM for the New Mexico Health Science Center (HSC)
for research programs as listed below:
o
$317,600
for a genomics core facility;
o
$374,800
for epidemiology;
o
$
153,500 to enhance tobacco related research;
o
$
210,500 for clinical research and trails; and
o
$443,600
for biocomputing.
·
$ 650,000 to the board of regents of UNM for
the HSC for health programs as listed below:
o
$
50,000 for health education centers;
o
$150,000
to the center for telehealth;
o
$50,000
to the Los Pasos program; and
o
$400,000
to the pediatric oncology program.
·
$
1,750,000 appropriated to the board of regents of UNM for the HSC to contract
for research on emphysema and lung cancer detection and treatment.
Human Services Department ($1,300,000):
·
$1,300,000
appropriated for breast and cervical cancer treatment program.
New Mexico Veteran’s Service Commission ($600,000):
·
$
600,000 appropriated to contract for and assisted living program for veterans
with lung disease.
A variety of bills have
been introduced relating to the Tobacco Settlement Program Funds including abolishing
the fund with all revenues going directly to the General Fund. Availability of funds and uses will need to
be carefully sorted out by the Legislature.
FISCAL
IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$15,142.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the Tobacco Settlement
Program Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
FISCAL YEAR 2004 shall revert to the Tobacco Settlement Program Fund. The appropriation to the Human Services
Department is eligible for a Medicaid federal match of $3.9 million.
MW/sb