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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Vigil, R.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/1/08
HB 630
SHORT TITLE San Miguel County Substance Abuse Program
SB
ANALYST Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$96.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Human Services Department (HSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 630 makes an Appropriation for a Substance Abuse Program in San Miguel County,
appropriates $96.0 thousand from the general fund to DFA for the purpose of substance abuse
programs.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $96.0 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general
fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY09 shall revert to the
general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
HSD notes that
HB 630 would appropriate $90,000 to DFA/LGD for expenditure in fiscal year
2009 for a substance abuse program in San Miguel County that uses a best practices treatment
component, a prevention component, an after-care and supportive services component and the
community reinforcement approach (CRA).
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San Miguel County is part of Local Collaborative 4 (Guadalupe-Mora-San Miguel). Local
Collaborative review of this proposal is not indicated in HB 630.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
Relates to HB 632, San Miguel County Substance Abuse Prevention Program, which would
appropriate $25 thousand to DFA/LGD for a program that funds school visits by staff from the
San Miguel county detention center for the purpose of discussing alcohol and substance abuse
prevention.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The majority of New Mexico’s public behavioral health funding is directed through the
departments and agencies of the Behavioral Health Collaborative.
The Behavioral Health Services Division of the Human Services Department is the single state
agency for substance abuse.
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