SENATE BILL 227

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF STROKE CARE IN NEW MEXICO.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to establish stroke centers in hospitals statewide, create stroke prevention and treatment protocols, establish a stroke registry, develop a stroke advisory committee and implement a public education campaign. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.

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