SENATE BILL 449

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

INTRODUCED BY

Howie C. Morales

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE FOR MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three million three hundred twenty-six thousand dollars ($3,326,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2010 for a cost-of-living increase for developmental disabilities medicaid waiver programs to maintain quality services, improve staff recruitment and retention, provide employee health insurance and salary increases, comply with minimum wage laws and meet rising programmatic and operational costs of quality care. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.