SENATE BILL 480

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gabriel Ramos

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO FUND A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM AND PROVIDE REGIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN PRIMARY CARE.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Three hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($327,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 to:

                (1) fund a comprehensive health careers program operated by an entity with at least five years' experience in training youth located in rural New Mexico to enter health careers; and

                (2) provide regional training opportunities in a wide range of primary-care-related health professions.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall revert to the general fund.

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