HOUSE BILL 827

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Richard D. Vigil

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; ESTABLISHING THE SHELTER CARE SUPPLEMENT FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. Section 27-2-9.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979, Chapter 401, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "27-2-9.1. ADMINISTRATION OF SHELTER CARE SUPPLEMENT.--

          A. A shelter care supplement shall be provided to those individuals who are recipients of supplemental security income under Title 16 of the federal Social Security Act and who reside in shelter care homes licensed pursuant to regulations of the [health and environment] department of health.

          B. The human services department is authorized to determine eligibility, compute payment, make payments and otherwise administer the shelter care supplement program.

          C. The amount of the shelter care supplement payment shall be [established by the secretary of human services subject to the availability of general funds]:

                (1) for fiscal year 2006, two hundred dollars ($200) per month; and

                (2) for each subsequent fiscal year, the amount from the previous fiscal year adjusted by the change over the two previous calendar years in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for all items as published by the United States department of labor."

     Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thirty-two thousand dollars ($232,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 for the purposes of paying the increase in the shelter care supplement provided for in Section 1 of this act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.

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