SENATE BILL 209

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Dede Feldman

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO EXPAND ENROLLMENT IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMBINED DEGREE PROGRAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Eight hundred five thousand eight hundred dollars ($805,800) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to expand enrollment by approximately twenty-five percent in the school of medicine through a combined bachelor's degree to medical degree program to encourage enrollment by native New Mexicans and to promote retention of graduates in the state. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.

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