0001|                        SENATE BILL 139
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                          CYNTHIA NAVA
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0009|     FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0010|     
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE OR
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0013|     CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|       Section 1.  APPROPRIATIONS.--
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0017|            A.  Five million one hundred ten thousand dollars
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0018|     ($5,110,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0019|     department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 1997 to
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0020|     provide or contract for developmental disabilities programs and
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0021|     services as follows:
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0022|                 (1)  four million one hundred thousand dollars
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0023|     ($4,100,000) for increased reimbursement rates for community
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0024|     services providers, as required by Section 28-16A-16 NMSA 1978;
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0025|                 (2)  five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to
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0001|     provide staff development for community service provider program
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0002|     staff; 
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0003|                 (3)  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to
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0004|     provide comprehensive support for families of individuals with
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0005|     multiply diagnosed conditions; and
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0006|                 (4)  three hundred ten thousand dollars
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0007|     ($310,000) to provide civil rights liability insurance coverage
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0008|     for nonprofit service providers for the developmentally disabled
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0009|     and for nonprofit intermediate care facilities for the mentally
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0010|     retarded.
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0011|            B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0012|     at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0013|                                - 2 -  
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0014|   
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0015|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0016|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0019|                                              JANUARY 23, 1996
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0021|   Mr. President:
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0023|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0024|   
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0025|                           SENATE BILL 139
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0002|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0003|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the PUBLIC
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0004|   AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0006|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0011|                              __________________________________
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0012|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0016|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0017|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0020|                     Date ________________________
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0024|   S0139CC1
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