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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-6-06

HB

SHORT TITLE Rio Rancho Elderly Persons Services

SB 552

ANALYST Collard

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$108.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HB 129 and SB 251

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 552 appropriates $108 thousand from the general fund to ALTSD for the purpose of

funding naturally occurring retirement communities and to contract with a collaboration of

community service providers to provide services to seniors wishing to remain in their own homes

in Rio Rancho.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $108 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. This appropriation increases the recurring budget of the Aging Network that is dis-

tributed through ALTSD.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

ALTSD indicates the purpose of the grant is to develop and assess an innovative service delivery

model to enable senior citizens to avoid premature institutionalization through supportive in-

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home services. The project includes provisions for an array of community-based physical, men-

tal health and medical services, targeted to populations living in naturally occurring retirement

communities. Services are currently provided by the Jewish Family Service of New Mexico in

Albuquerque. The model is a “grassroots” effort with each local community to develop services

and supports tailored to each community’s needs. The model was initiated in Albuquerque and

Rio Rancho and has expanded to Ft. Sumner.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

ALTSD states it has the capacity to implement the funding with existing staff and systems and

will need to develop a Request for Proposal and provide contract oversight for local providers.

RELATIONSHIP

Senate Bill 552 relates to House Bill 129 (item #7), which appropriates $100 thousand to

ALTSD for statewide senior citizens programs and to Senate Bill 251, which appropriates $350

thousand to ALTSD to fund a federal project known as naturally occurring retirement communi-

ties, or NORC.

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