SENATE BILL 334

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Kay Papen and Peter Wirth

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ACT.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 and subsequent fiscal years to distribute to participating municipalities and counties that have entered into memoranda of understanding with their respective district courts pursuant to the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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