0001|                            HOUSE BILL 168
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           NICK L. SALAZAR
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS
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0012|     THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--
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0016|               A.  Six million six hundred forty-two thousand
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0017|     seven hundred fifty-six dollars ($6,642,756) is appropriated
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0018|     from the general fund to the state agency on aging for
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0019|     expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the following purposes and
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0020|     in the following amounts:
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0021|                    (1)  five million four hundred twenty-three
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0022|     thousand nine hundred one dollars ($5,423,901) to the six area
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0023|     agencies on aging for senior services, including case
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0024|     management, respite care, Alzheimer's respite care, adult
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0025|     daycare, congregate meals, home delivered meals,
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0001|     transportation and in-home services;
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0002|                    (2)  six hundred seventy-four thousand two
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0003|     hundred thirty-three dollars ($674,233) to provide increased
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0004|     volunteer positions for the foster grandparent, senior
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0005|     companion and RSVP programs;
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0006|                    (3)  eighty-seven thousand two hundred
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0007|     seventy-two dollars ($87,272) for increased information and
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0008|     assistance and consultation and education services for
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0009|     individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and
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0010|     their families or caregivers;
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0011|                    (4)  twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
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0012|     for statewide senior citizen olympics activities;
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0013|                    (5)  two hundred twenty-six thousand one
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0014|     hundred dollars ($226,100) for statewide long-term care
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0015|     ombudsman services; and
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0016|                    (6)  two hundred six thousand two hundred
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0017|     fifty dollars ($206,250) for increased health insurance and
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0018|     public benefits counseling efforts using peer counselors,
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0019|     especially to assist older individuals to access the medicaid
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0020|     managed care system.
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0021|               B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0022|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0023|     general fund.
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