0001|                            HOUSE BILL 254
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0008|       FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR
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0012|     OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS PROVIDING
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0013|     PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE RURAL PRIMARY
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0014|     HEALTH CARE ACT.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Three million dollars
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0018|     ($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0019|     department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for
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0020|     operational expenses to assist eligible programs providing
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0021|     primary health care services pursuant to the Rural Primary
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0022|     Health Care Act.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0023|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall not revert to
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0024|     the general fund but shall remain in departmental balances to
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0025|     be expended for the purposes of the Rural Primary Health Care
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