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ORIGINAL DATE

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HB 689

SHORT TITLE San Juan County Methamphetamine Treatment

SB

ANALYST Propst

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$500.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 689 appropriates $500.0 to the Local Government Division of the Department of

Finance and Administration to pay for San Juan County’s methamphetamine treatment program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $500.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the

General Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to the Department of Health, methamphetamine abuse has grown considerably

statewide in the last several years, especially in the smaller communities and rural areas of the

state. Reporting use by high school students increased over 150% between 2001 and 2003

(Methamphetamine Working Group 2005 Statewide Strategy Recommendations, p. 2).

Methamphetamine abuse was identified to be particularly severe in San Juan County.

House Bill 689 – Page

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In FY07, San Juan County received a state appropriation from the Local Government Division of

DFA to convert an unused jail building into a substance abuse treatment center which is

currently operational (Source: NM Drug Policy Alliance). The County also received $170.6 from

the Department of Health, Behavioral Health Services Division through Value Options New

Mexico for treatment services to methamphetamine clients.

If HB 689 is enacted, DFA intends to contract with the San Juan County government to operate

the program (Source: Ken Hughes, DFA).

DFA is a member of the Interagency Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative and, as such,

funding received would need to be coordinated through Value Options.

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