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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Saavedra

 

DATE TYPED:

02/02/02

 

HB

433

 

SHORT TITLE:

Statewide Nursing Education Programs

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Fernandez

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

$4,422.3

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act        Relates                                   

 

Relates to SB52, SB119, HB74, SB99, HB84           

                                                                                                                                                           

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

LFC Files

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 433 appropriates $3,672.3 from the general fund to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to fund nursing education programs statewide for expenditure in fiscal year 2003 through 2005.

 

House Bill 433 also appropriates $750.0 from the general fund to the New Mexico State University (NMSU) to adjust nursing faculty salaries to competitive levels, to hire new faculty and to purchase equipment for nursing education programs at main campus and all branch campuses.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The appropriation to increase enrollment at UNM will help to address the nursing shortage statewide.

 

The appropriation to NMSU will help to address workforce and market salary issues at NMSU, the second largest nursing program in the state.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $3,672.3 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2005 from the appropriation to the University of New Mexico shall revert to the general fund.

 

Funds are appropriated to UNM as follows:

 

Expand nursing enrollment                              $950.0 (FY03)

Expand nursing enrollment                              $950.0 (FY04)

Geographic expansion of nursing                    $204.1 (FY03)

Geographic expansion of nursing                    $784.1 (FY04)

Geographic expansion of nursing                    $784.1 (FY05)

 

The appropriation of $750.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 from the appropriation to the New Mexico State University shall revert to the general fund.

 

Funds are appropriated to NMSU as follows:

 

Nursing salaries & equipment                         $750.0 (FY03)

 

RELATIONSHIP

 

Relates to CS/HB2, SB52, SB119, HB74, SB99 and HB84 which all make appropriations to nursing programs at UNM and NMSU.

 

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

 

Last year, the 2001 Legislature appropriated $950.0 to UNM to expand nursing enrollments.  UNM requested a total of $1,900.0 to continue enrollment expansion in FY02, the second year.  A total of $950.0 is included in the appropriation to UNM, Health Sciences in CS/HB2.

 

Also included in CS/HB2 is $300.0 to NMSU to address market salary issues or move faculty contracts from a 9 month contract to a 12 month contract or to expand nursing enrollments at main campus.

 

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