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| SPONSOR: | Gorham | DATE TYPED: | 1/28/00 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Auditory Oral Education | SB | 91 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Esquibel | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
| $ 100.0 | Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Health
Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons did not respond
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The bill appropriates $100.0 to the Department of Health (DOH) to contract with a medical-education institution that provides intensive specialized auditory oral education to provide auditory oral education and follow-up treatment to deaf students who have been treated surgically with multi-channel cochlear implants.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The bill appropriates $100.0 in general fund in FY01 to DOH.
DOH indicates education for individuals with multi-channel cochlear implants may cost as much as $36.0 per student per year in a residential school for the deaf.
DOH indicates a school in Albuquerque provides specialized auditory and oral education services which are funded using a sliding fee scale for parents who cannot afford the $18.0 per year tuition. However, most parents pay a very small portion of the tuition, with public school districts providing another portion of the cost. The remainder of the tuition costs are sometimes raised through private donations.
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