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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/13/07

HB 1069

SHORT TITLE GRADY ASSISTED LIVING CENTER STUDY

SB

ANALYST Propst

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$25.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

Aging and Long Term Care Department (ALTCD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1069 appropriates $25.0 from the General Fund for the Village of Grady to conduct a

feasibility plan for the development of an assisted living center in the Village.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $25.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund. Any

unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the General

Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA reports that the ultimate goal is for the Village of Grady to develop an assisted living center

for the elderly and disabled residents. According to a representative from the Senior Citizen

Project; approximately 1/3 of the residents in the northern part of Curry County fall within the

senior citizen age group. Most of this group would prefer to remain in the community as they

grow older if adequate facilities become available.

House Bill 1069 – Page

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Currently, there are no day care facilities for children of working parents who commute to work.

This would provide working parents a safe place to leave their children, as well as having a point

of interaction between the children and senior adults. There is no summer recreation for these

children.

This facility would increase employment for adults and older children. This program could

provide entry-level jobs in healthcare, administration, landscape, maintenance and housekeeping.

Right now there are no jobs in the Village of Grady. Most of the residents in the Village of

Grady commute to Clovis or Tucumcari and other surrounding areas.

If HB 1069 is enacted the municipality will be applying for additional grant funding with the

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Eastern New Mexico Rural Telephone

Cooperative Company.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The funds will be administered through the Local Government Division of DFA, which already

has the staff and knowledge to fun and monitor this project.

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