SENATE BILL 841
48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION REGARDING THE HEALTH OF VETERANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DEPLETED URANIUM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to develop a testing protocol, develop and establish a health registry, contract with appropriate testing laboratories and coordinate affected parties in regard to a voluntary testing program for military veterans who may have been exposed to depleted uranium or other isotopes in the Persian Gulf War or in the current Iraq or Afghanistan conflict. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.