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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Wallace
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/14/07
HB 1010
SHORT TITLE Hazardous Material Decontamination Training
SB
ANALYST Peery-Galon
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NA
$400.0 Non-Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates Senate Bill 314 – Hazardous Materials Emergency Responders
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Department of Health (DOH)
No Responses Received From
Governor’s Office
Public Regulation Commission (PRC)
New Mexico Municipal League (NMML)
New Mexico Association of Counties (NMAC)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 314 appropriates $400.0 from the general fund to the Department of Public Safety for
the purpose of contracting for services with New Mexico-resident vendors for state-of-the-art
training, using concurrent performance feedback, of volunteer and full-time firefighters, law
enforcement personnel and other emergency responders to decontaminate people involved in a
hazardous materials, radioactive or terrorism event.
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House Bill 1010 – Page
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $400.0 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert
to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
DPS reports that technician level training is often sourced to an out-of-state vendor due to the
lack or qualified in-state vendors.
PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
DPS states the proposed legislations requirement for using concurrent performance feedback as a
standard is essential to the process, otherwise there is not measurement for training effectiveness.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
DPS states the need for defining a responsible unit with the department for managing and
contracting the funds and maintaining training records.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
The proposed legislation is a duplication of Senate Bill 314 - Hazardous Materials Emergency
Responders.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Hazmat Science Applications of Santa Fe reports using a four-part systems approach process to
decontamination:
Validate the procedures for decontamination of responders, victims and medical receiver
for maximum effectiveness;
Maximize the effectiveness of first-responder and medical-receiver training in the
validated procedure by using a performance feedback loop of visual evidence of success
of failure of decontamination;
Evaluate decon equipment for its compatibility, reliability, and usefulness within the
validated procedure; and
Test and evaluate the performance of the decon system, such as procedures, personnel
and equipment, under field operations.
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