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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Garcia, M. H.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/3/06

2/6/06 HB 528

SHORT TITLE Doña Ana County Homeless Children Programs

SB

ANALYST Hoffmann

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$300.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates Senate Bill 484.

Relates to House Bill 119.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Human Services Department (HSD)

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

Health Policy Commission (HPC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 528 appropriates $300,000 from the general fund to the Children, Youth and Families

Department to provide programs for homeless children in Doña Ana County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $300,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert

to the general fund.

House Bill 528 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This proposal was not included in the department’s budget request and is not part of the Execu-

tive recommendation.

The bill does not specify the nature and type of programs to be funded through the appropriation.

According to the Children, Youth and Families Department, the New Mexico Coalition for

Homeless has estimated that there are 17,000 homeless individuals in the state. The estimate in-

cludes 3,400 of these that are children. A family not able to adequately meet the children’s basic

needs maybe reported to CYFD for neglect.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

None.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

None.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

House Bill 119 appropriates $500,000 to CYFD for homeless services statewide.

Senate Bill 484 is a duplicate of this bill.

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