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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR
Robinson
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
03/02/07
HB
SHORT TITLE
Support Albuquerque Alternative Medicine
SB 388
ANALYST Hanika Ortiz
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$10,000.0
recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 388 will appropriate $10 million from the general fund to the DOH for expenditure in
FY08 to support provision of alternative medicine in Albuquerque.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $10 million 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.
The appropriation requested in the bill is not part of the Executive Budget recommendation for
the Department in FY08; however, the bill may relate to a capital outlay request of $5 million to
purchase the Lovelace Medical Center to use as an alternative health care facility in Albuquerque
in Bernalillo County.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The exact intent of the proposed appropriation is unclear as the DOH does not regularly provide
alternative medicine services.