SENATE BILL 241

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2014

INTRODUCED BY

Steven P. Neville

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2015 to fund drug overdose prevention and education and harm reduction services. These funds shall be used for:

                (1) providing overdose prevention and education services and dispensing of naloxone at medical agencies and other community-based organizations;

                (2) promoting overdose prevention activities, including the training of staff and community partners on distribution and use of naloxone as well as recruiting and expanding partner locations to deliver these services; and

                (3) the purchase of harm reduction supplies.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2015 shall revert to the general fund.

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