SENATE BILL 424

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO EQUALIZE REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONAL CARE OPTION PROVIDERS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four million dollars ($4,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to increase or make more equitable the reimbursement rate for personal care option providers to bring their reimbursement rate more in line with that for other medicaid providers. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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