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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/30/07

2/06/07 HB

SHORT TITLE Women’s Health Services in Santa Fe

SB 615

ANALYST

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$500.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates SB 527 and HB 644 and HB 808

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 615 appropriates $500.0 from the General Fund to the Local Government Division of

the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to provide for services at Women’s Health

Services in Santa Fe.

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

Women’s Health Services (WHS) is a 501(c)(3) community service agency that has been

providing health services to residents in Santa Fe since 1973. WHS provides primary medical

care, behavioral health, and alternative health care services. WHS sees sliding scale fee patients

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and low-income patients and gets no federal money for direct patient services. This

appropriation would cover operating expenses of WHS.

This appropriation would be in addition to any award from DOH through the competitive

statewide Rural Primary Health Care Act (RPHCA) RFP process. Women’s Health Services is

receiving $300.0 in competitive RPHCA funds for FY07. Women’s Health Services received a

recurring appropriation of $192.0, also through DOH, in FY07. In addition, other non-

competitive special appropriations have occurred in the past through DFA to Women’s Health

Services.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

SB 615 duplicates HB 644 and HB 808 and SB 527.

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