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

SPONSOR Hobbs

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-6-06

HB 764

SHORT TITLE Promote Prostate Cancer Awareness Education

SB

ANALYST Collard

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE (dollars in thousands)

Estimated Revenue

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

FY08

$300.0

Recurring Federal Match

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 764 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to DOH for the purpose of

contracting for a statewide prostate cancer awareness education program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the

general fund.

House Bill 764 – Page

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DOH indicates state funding provided to the Comprehensive Cancer Program would be consid-

ered part of the state’s match for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding

for the DOH Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (BCCEDP) agreement. The

current agreement provides a 3 to 1 match of federal to state dollars.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DOH indicates its Comprehensive Cancer Program currently receives $100 thousand annually

from the state general fund to promote prostate cancer awareness and education via one full-time

DOH health educator and two small contracts with organizations based in Albuquerque and Las

Cruces. Additional funding, as proposed in this bill, would allow for an expansion of prostate

cancer awareness and education efforts across the state.

Further, this bill would support the New Mexico Cancer Plan 2002-2006 (NMCP), that includes

goals relating to reducing risks for cancer, increasing early detection and promoting appropriate

screening.

Each year there are 1,110 new cases of prostate cancer and 190 deaths from prostate cancer in

New Mexico (NM Tumor Registry Annual Report, 2001).

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