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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Cisneros
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/2/06
HB
SHORT TITLE Velarde Detox & Reintegration Services
SB 685
ANALYST Lewis
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
150.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Response Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 685 appropriates $150,000 from the general fund to the Department of Health to ex-
pand detoxification and residential reintegration services in Velarde in Rio Arriba County.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $150,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert
to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to the Department of Health (DOH)
, t
he Behavioral Health Collaborative is charged
with coordination of all substance abuse and mental health treatment services statewide through
a contract with Value-Options New Mexico (VO-NM).
The DOH notes that, in 2000-2002, Rio Arriba County led the state in alcohol- and drug-related
death rates (a rate of 134 deaths per 100,000), alcohol- and drug-related hospitalizations (1,357
hospitalizations per 100,000) and state-funded substance abuse treatment admission rates from