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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Gutierrez
DATE TYPED 02/28/05 HB 986
SHORT TITLE Las Cruces Indigent Persons Services
SB
ANALYST Ford
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
$100.0
Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
Department of Health (DOH)
Human Services Department (HSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 986 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to the local government divi-
sion of the DFA to contract with community-based health and human service organizations for
services for the indigent in Las Cruces.
Significant Issues
DOH writes: Doņa Ana County has seen an increasing number of persons who require assis-
tance with indigent funding in order to cover payment of their health services. Although the
Doņa Ana County Health and Human Services (DACHHS) already has an indigent fund pro-
gram, it has very specific qualifications when agencies apply for funding. HB 986 may be seen
as less restrictive than the current DACHHS program and would offer further financial assistance
to those community based health and human service organizations that are currently providing
indigent services in Las Cruces.