HOUSE BILL 220

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Gail C. Beam

AN ACT

RELATING TO TOBACCO SETTLEMENT REVENUE; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.--

          A. The following amounts are appropriated from the tobacco settlement revenues deposited in the general fund to the following agencies for the specified purposes for expenditure in fiscal year 2005:

                (1) eight million dollars ($8,000,000) to the department of health for comprehensive tobacco use prevention and cessation programs that are community-based, culturally appropriate and designed to achieve the "best practices" standards developed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention, including school-based youth and parent programs, media and public awareness campaigns and partnerships with disparate populations;

                (2) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the department of health for diabetes prevention and control;

                (3) four hundred seventy thousand dollars ($470,000) to the department of health for human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome care and prevention;

                (4) one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for the New Mexico health sciences center for research programs as follows:

                     (a) one hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($162,500) for genomics core facilities;

                     (b) three hundred seventy-four thousand eight hundred dollars ($374,800) for epidemiology;

                     (c) one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) for enhanced tobacco-related research;

                     (d) three hundred twenty-nine thousand one hundred dollars ($329,100) for clinical research and trials; and

                     (e) four hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred dollars ($453,600) for biocomputing;

                (5) one million nine hundred thousand dollars ($1,900,000) to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for health programs as follows:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for area health education centers;

                     (b) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the center for telehealth;

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the Los Pasos program;

                     (d) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for pediatric oncology;

                     (e) four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) to the poison and drug information center;

                     (f) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for specialty education in pediatrics; and

                     (g) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for specialty education in trauma;

                (6) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for the New Mexico health sciences center to contract for research on emphysema and lung cancer detection and treatment; and

                (7) one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) to the human services department for a breast and cervical cancer treatment program.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.

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