SENATE BILL 491

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

INTRODUCED BY

Howie C. Morales

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RECRUITING, TRAINING AND RETAINING PRIMARY CARE RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to provide training and related services for primary care residents in southwestern New Mexico in order to help rural communities recruit and retain physicians pursuant to the provisions of the Rural Primary Health Care Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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