SENATE BILL 182

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Sue Wilson Beffort





FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE



AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS IN THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.



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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

A. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2004 to expand access to the New Mexico health service corps, as follows:

(1) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to increase the award amounts granted to eligible physicians in the New Mexico health service corps pursuant to the Health Service Corps Act;

(2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to add awards for dentists and dental hygienists;

(3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to add awards for psychiatrists; and

(4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to restore and maintain the budget of the New Mexico health services corps.

B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.

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