0001| SENATE BILL 600 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| LEONARD TSOSIE | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE AGENCY ON AGING TO PROVIDE | 0012| SERVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.-- | 0016| A. Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is appropriated | 0017| from the general fund to the state agency on aging for | 0018| expenditure in fiscal year 1998 for the following purposes: | 0019| (1) senior center and community services, | 0020| including meals, adult daycare, respite care and transportation | 0021| provided through area agencies on aging; | 0022| (2) volunteer programs, including foster | 0023| grandparent, senior companion and retired and senior | 0024| volunteers; | 0025| (3) Alzheimer's disease information, education | 0001| and respite services; and | 0002| (4) direct services provided by the state | 0003| agency on aging, including long-term care ombudsman and elder | 0004| rights advocacy. | 0005| B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining | 0006| at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general | 0007| fund. | 0008|  | 0009| |