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

SPONSOR Varela

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/30/08

HB 377

SHORT TITLE Long-Term Services Department Programs

SB

ANALYST Geisler

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$200.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 377 appropriates $200,000 from the general fund to ALTSD to contract with a

nonprofit organization that provides daycare, home care, senior services, and respite care in

Santa Fe County. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert

to the general fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation contained in HB 377 is not contained in the ALTSD FY09 budget request.

The House Appropriations Committee version of the General Appropriation Act contains $750

thousand in expansion funding for aging Network programs statewide. HB 127 contains $8.2

million in new funding for aging network programs statewide. ALTSD has stated that HB 127,

if it passed, would provide additional funding for the services mentioned in HB 377.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The most likely recipient for the funds in HB 377 is Open Hands, a non-profit located in Santa

Fe which provides services including adult daycare. The designated area agency, the Non-Metro

AAA, has the ability to contract and monitor these funds using existing staff.

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