0001|                            SENATE BILL 23
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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|                           Mary Jane Garcia
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0006|                                   
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0007|     
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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 FUND PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR PERSONS
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0012|     WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS.
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
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0016|     ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0017|     department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for
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0018|     the purpose of funding programs for persons with human
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0019|     immunodeficiency virus, including medications, clinical
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0020|     treatment and support services, insurance assistance, Native
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0021|     American case management and traditional medicine, prevention
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0022|     programs, provider education programs and counseling and
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0023|     testing.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0024|     the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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0025|     .120712.2
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