SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 582

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

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO FUND A PROGRAM TO TRAIN CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT HEALTH CARE INTERPRETERS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to establish and implement a program to train culturally and linguistically competent interpreters to be employed in health care delivery contexts. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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