HOUSE BILL 74

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Rick Miera

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE STATEWIDE SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred five thousand eight hundred dollars ($305,800) is appropriated from the general fund to the commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose of developing statewide services, including an emergency interpreter access system; mental health services assistance; a case management system; interpreter services coordination; and a dual-handicap pilot program with the commission for the blind. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.

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