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

SPONSOR McSorley

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/6/06

HB

SHORT TITLE Camino Nuevo Community Advisory Committee

SJM 62

ANALYST Peery

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

No Responses Received From

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Labor Department (LD)

Department of Health (DOH)

New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 62 requests the New Mexico Corrections Department create a Camino

Nuevo Community Advisory Committee to study strategies to provide gender-specific treatment

to women while at the Camino Nuevo correctional facility and to provide gender-specific transi-

tion and reintegration services to women upon their release from the Camino Nuevo correctional

facility. The proposed Senate Joint Memorial requests the Corrections Department appoint to the

committee two Corrections Department representatives, two representatives from the entity op-

erating the Camino Nuevo correctional facility, one representative from the New Mexico

Women’s Justice Project, one representative form the Labor Department, one clinical psycholo-

gist or licensed professional counselor, one licensed social worker, two representatives from

community providers with relevant experience related to gender-specific treatment, one repre-

sentative from the Commission on the Status of Women and three additional members of the

committee selected by a majority of the other members for the committee. Also, the proposed

Senate Joint Memorial requests the Corrections Department to report the committee’s findings to

the appropriate interim legislative committee by December 1, 2006.

Senate Joint Memorial 62 – Page

2

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The Senate Joint Memorial calls for the New Mexico Corrections Department to create a Camino

Nuevo Community Advisory Committee; however, there is no appropriation to cover the cost of

travel for committee members to attend meetings.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The New Mexico Corrections Department would be in charge of administration of the proposed

Camino Nuevo Community Advisory Committee. Staff, minimal office supplies and meeting

space would need to be provided by the Corrections Department.

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