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

SPONSOR Garcia, T.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1-30-08

HJM 25

SHORT TITLE

Ensure Full Veterans’ Health Care Funding

SB

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$.01

N/A

N/A

*Please see narrative

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Veterans’ Services Department (VSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Joint Memorial

House Joint Memorial urges the NM congressional delegation to champion federal health care

obligations for veterans’, including introducing legislation into the U.S. House of

Representatives, and the U.S. Senate to propose full-funding for veterans’ health care services.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

House Joint Memorial 25 carries no fiscal impact.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Current federal funding of these programs allocates discretionary funds in lieu of mandatory

funding of incurred program costs. Current funding does not fully fund the ever increasing

demand for health care services that local VA medical centers are experiencing.

PD/jp