SENATE BILL 273

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Howie C. Morales

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-RELATED DISABILITIES.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2018 for permanent supportive housing services, including case management services, life-skills training, housing counseling and rental assistance and other services to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with behavioral health-related disabilities obtain and maintain stable permanent housing. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2018 shall revert to the general fund.

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