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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
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ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/30/08
HB 632
SHORT TITLE
San Miguel County Detention Center Drug and
Alcohol Prevention
SB
ANALYST Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$25.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 632, Making an Appropriation for a School Visits by Staff from the San Miguel
County Detention Center for the Purpose of Discussing Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Prevention, appropriates $25.0 thousand from the general fund to DFA for the purpose of
substance abuse programs.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $25.0 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
DOH notes that New Mexico has one of the highest drug-related death rates in the nation, with a
rate of some 17 deaths per 100,000 population for all types of illicit and prescription drugs. Nine
of the 10 leading causes of death in New Mexico are at least partially caused by the abuse of
alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. San Miguel County has the third highest rate in the state of
alcohol-related chronic liver disease (New Mexico State Epidemiology Profile, Spring 2005).