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

SPONSOR Martinez, R

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

02/17/07

HB

SHORT TITLE Northern New Mexico Substance Abuse Programs SB 1021

ANALYST Geisler

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$175.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates: HB 1112

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 1021 would appropriate $175,000 to the Department of Health (DOH) for

expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to provide intervention and counseling services and substance

abuse education and prevention in the areas of Chimayo and Española. Any unexpended balance

remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the general fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

DOH notes the appropriation in SB 1021 is not part of the Governor’s FY08 Executive Budget,

and is not on the NM Behavioral Health Collaborative’s priority list.

It is possible that some of the individuals who would receive intervention and counseling

services under programs funded through SB 1021 would be Medicaid-eligible recipients. If this

is the case, any monies used to provide services that are part of the State Medicaid benefit

package would be eligible for Federal match. The number of eligible clients and the amount of

this impact cannot be readily determined.

Senate Bill 1021 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DOH notes that SB 1021 does not specify what type of intervention and counseling services

would be provided and does not indicate who would be receiving these services. Services of this

type, although important to a community dealing with substance abuse, are already funded in the

areas designated by this bill through a variety of ongoing DOH substance abuse prevention and

treatment initiatives.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The majority of behavioral health funding is overseen by the Interagency Behavioral Health

Purchasing Collaborative (Collaborative) and administered by ValueOptions of New Mexico.

DUPLICATION

SB 1021 duplicates HB 1112, would appropriate $175,000 to DOH for health, mental health and

substance abuse programs in Chimayo and Española.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

DOH notes that if the transfer of Behavioral Health Services Division to HSD is adopted, then

the portion of the appropriation to be administered by Division should be directed to HSD,

instead of DOH.

GG/csd