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HB |
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SHORT
TITLE |
Statewide Independent Living Council Services |
SB |
216 |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY04 |
FY05 |
FY04 |
FY05 |
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$330.0 |
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Recurring
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General
Fund |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates
Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
LFC Files
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 216 appropriates $330.0 to provide a
cost-of –living adjustment, start independent living programs in unserved counties, and support rural independent living
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 216
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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