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

SPONSOR Ryan

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/31/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

Tribal Community Youth Development

SB 507

ANALYST Hanika Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$150.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SB 507 duplicates SB 495, and HB 529

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 507 appropriates $150 thousand to IAD to establish youth development programs in

tribal communities that promote self-esteem, health and wellness through running.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $150 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

IAD reports that the bill will establish youth development programs in New Mexico’s tribal

communities that promote self-esteem, health and wellness through running. Youth development

programs that use running or other extracurricular activities have been associated with higher

levels of academic achievement, improved self-esteem, and lower levels of substance abuse. This

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may be important in light of the fact that 35.5 percent of American Indian youth in New Mexico

used illicit drugs in 2005, the highest use rate among all races according to DOH.

Additionally,

seventeen percent of American Indian youth are overweight and 18 percent have Body Mass

Index results that put them at risk for being overweight in the future.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

SB 507 duplicates SB 495, and HB 529. All three bills appropriate funding to establish Tribal

community youth development programs.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

DOH reports the current physical activity recommendation for youth is to engage in at least 60

minutes of moderate activity preferably daily. In 2005, 57% of NM high school students reported

getting vigorous activity at least three days per week for 20 minutes, and 22% of students

reported getting moderate activity at least five days per week for 30 minutes.

Among New Mexico high school youth, American Indians have the highest rates of obesity

(17.4%) compared to their non-American Indian peers.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Funding will not be provided through this legislation for youth development programs in tribal

communities.

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