HOUSE BILL 133

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Nick L. Salazar

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FOR PREPARATION IN HEALTH CARE CAREERS SERVING RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE STATE AT NEW MEXICO'S SMALLER UNIVERSITIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to establish a demonstration and research program that will better prepare undergraduate students from small universities for successful entry into medical school or other related health fields. This includes a focused undergraduate curriculum, summer science academies, remote learning, medical school entrance examination preparation and mentoring by rural physicians and physicians associated with the New Mexico Hispanic medical association. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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