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

SPONSOR Altamirano

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-1-06

HB

SHORT TITLE Grant County Monitored Detox Program

SB 667

ANALYST Collard

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$750.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 667 appropriates $750 thousand from the general fund to DOH for the purpose of

contracting for a medically monitored detoxification program for Grant County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $750 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.

DOH notes, as this appropriation is specific to Behavioral Health Services, the resources would

be appropriated and managed through the Behavioral Health Collaborative process.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DOH indicates the Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative is charged with overseeing pub-

licly funded behavioral health services. Existing appropriations for substance abuse and mental

health services are provided through a contract with ValueOptions New Mexico.

Senate Bill 667 – Page

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Though Grant County does not rank among the top 10 counties in New Mexico for drug- and

alcohol-related deaths, Grant County ranked second in the state for alcohol- and drug-related

hospitalizations from 2000-2002 (1,162 hospitalizations per 100,000) and fifth for state-funded

drug abuse treatment admission rates from 2001-2003.

Specifically, Grant County ranked eighth in the state for deaths from alcohol-related motor vehi-

cle crash (9 per 100,000) and twelfth for alcohol-related injury death (26 per 100,000) from

1999-2003. As noted, Grant County had relatively low rates from alcohol-related chronic disease

death (31 per 100,000 compared to a state rate of 33 per 100,000), alcohol-related chronic liver

disease death (11 per 100,000 compared to a state rate of 14 per 100,000) and drug-related death

(11 per 100,000 compared to a state rate of 16 per 100,000), compared to the rest of the state dur-

ing the same time period. From 2002-2004 however, analysis of medical examiner data

found that Grant County ranked 5th in the state for drug overdose death, with a rate of 21 deaths

per 100,000, showing an increase from previous years.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

DOH staff would administer and monitor the detoxification program through the Behavioral

Health Collaborative and its agent, ValueOptions.

KBC/yr