HOUSE BILL 281

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Thomas E. Swisstack

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal years to develop and maintain the infrastructure and staff and evaluate and provide critical resource supports for an early childhood mental health training institute that uses a continuum of care model based on national best practices. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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