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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lujan, B
DATE TYPED 2/23/05
HB 680
SHORT TITLE Task Force to End Hunger
SB
ANALYST Weber
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
$40.0
Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Human Services Department (HSD)
Department of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 680 appropriates $40 thousand from the general fund to the Human Services Depart-
ment Income Support Division for the purpose of continuing the work with the task force to end
hunger. Qualified expenditures include salary, benefits, office costs and other expenses.
Significant Issues
The Department of Health contributes the following.
A Governor’s Hunger Summit was held in 2003 for the sole purpose of determining the state of
hunger and food insecurity in New Mexico. From this summit the Task Force to End Hunger
emerged and has met regularly over the last year analyzing the challenges and problems identi-
fied by the summit participants. In October 2004 the steering committee of the Task Force to
End Hunger produced the report “Together We Can: Ending Hunger in New Mexico” which
proposes tangible steps to reach the following goals to end hunger and improve the nutritional
environment for all New Mexicans.