SENATE BILL 249

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

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 fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to develop and maintain stroke centers in hospitals statewide, develop and maintain stroke prevention and treatment protocols, maintain a stroke registry and implement a public education campaign. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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