HOUSE BILL 133

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

INTRODUCED BY

Jim R. Trujillo

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO INCREASE STRESS REDUCTION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($315,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to fund a program for stress reduction and stress management for law enforcement officers and other first responders, using Santa Fe-based clinical staff with expertise in treating acute and post-traumatic stress disorders to educate personnel in up to seven agencies and establishing a continuing education credit credential for such training. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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