HOUSE BILL 29

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Ray Begaye

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH-LED PEER-TO-PEER SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to implement a Native American youth-led peer-to-peer suicide prevention program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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