HOUSE BILL 35

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Ray Begaye

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAM FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH AND TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2010 to implement a Native American adolescent health program focusing on mental health and teen suicide prevention. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

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