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

SPONSOR Garcia, T.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

02/19/07

HB 928

SHORT TITLE Mora Valley Health Center Records Software

SB

ANALYST Geisler

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$25.0 Non-Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to: HB 693/SB 656. SB 122.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 928 (HB928) would appropriate $25,000 from the general fund to the Department of

Health (DOH) for expenditure in Fiscal Year 2008 to purchase electronic health records software

for the Mora Valley Community Health Center. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of

FY08 shall revert to the general fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

DOH notes that the appropriation of $25,000 to DOH is not included in the executive budget

Request. The Executive and Legislative recommendations for FY08 base include $10,330,700

from general funds, and $2,328,000 from County Supported Medicaid Funds for RPHCA

contracts and support. For FY07, Mora Valley Community Health Center has a RPHCA contract

for $257,200. DOH notes that HB928 would require additional procurement, contracting and

monitoring activities of the RPHCA Program but did not provide an operating budget impact.

House Bill 928 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The proposed appropriation in HB928 would support the implementation of an electronic patient

records system for Mora Valley Community Health Center. These systems have demonstrated

their effectiveness in improving medical care quality and efficiency.

Mora Valley Community Health Center is a RPHCA (Rural Primary Health Care Act) and

federally funded primary care clinic that serves indigent, uninsured and underinsured

populations.

RELATIONSHIP

HB 928 relates to HB693 and SB656 both which would appropriate $2 million from the General

Fund to the Department of Health (DOH) in FY 2008 to implement electronic patient health

records in primary care clinics eligible to receive funds under the Rural Primary Health Care Act

(RPHCA) to assist these primary care clinics in developing analyzable, comprehensive patient

records, including laboratory and radiology test results.

SB 122 which would provide $1,500,000 from the general fund to the Human Services

Department to assist in the adoption of electronic health records by funding pilot projects in

Taos, Chaves, Hidalgo, Luna and Grant counties.

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