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

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUPPORT CARE FOR CRITICALLY DISABLED PERSONS TEMPORARILY INELIGIBLE FOR LIFE-SUPPORTING PUBLIC PROGRAMS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for the purpose of providing services for persons in acutely life-threatening circumstances and previously eligible for medicaid but who lost eligibility due to achieving the age of majority. Services funded under this appropriation shall be provided for the minimum period necessary for the disabled person to qualify for a state- or federally funded assistance program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.