SENATE BILL 841

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION REGARDING THE HEALTH OF VETERANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DEPLETED URANIUM.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to develop a testing protocol, develop and establish a health registry, contract with appropriate testing laboratories and coordinate affected parties in regard to a voluntary testing program for military veterans who may have been exposed to depleted uranium or other isotopes in the Persian Gulf War or in the current Iraq or Afghanistan conflict. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.