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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Begaye

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/1/08

HB 557

SHORT TITLE Native American Youth Behavioral Services

SB

ANALYST Cox

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$6,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 557 requests an appropriation of six million dollars ($6,000,000) from the General

Fund to the Human Services Department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 and subsequent

fiscal years for behavioral health services and support services for Native American youth under

the age of twenty-five who are not eligible for Medicaid.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of six million dollars ($6,000,000) contained in this bill is a recurring expense

to the General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of Fiscal

Year 2009 shall not

revert to the General Fund.

HSD is the fiscal agent for HB 557. There are no fiscal responsibilities for the Public Education

Department (PED).

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

PED states:

House Bill 557 – Page

2

Indicators for needed behavioral health services in the Northwest Region of New Mexico include:

•

Of the 196,592 Native Americans in the state, 141,437 are in the northwestern region of New

Mexico (UNM, 2005).

•

Teen suicide among Native Americans in New Mexico is greater than for whites or Hispanics,

with the rate of suicide deaths among Native Americans ages 15 to 24 at 26 per 100,000 (HPC,

2007).

•

35.5% of Native American youth responding to the 2005 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey

reported drug and alcohol use within the past 30 days (NMPED, 2005).

•

The Needs Assessment, Resource Inventory and Demographic Data Report of the New Mexico

Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative (NMBHPC) reported that mental health services

for Native American people of all ages were needed (NMBHPC, ND).

•

The New Mexico Behavioral Health Strategic Plan FY 08 identifies increasing the number of

Medicaid-eligible tribal behavioral health providers and Native American behavioral health

workforce development as strategic priorities (NMBHPC, 2007).

Reducing the rate of suicide is one of the Governor’s goals and one of the goals of the Comprehensive

Behavioral Health Plan (CBHP) for the state. The Governor’s budget recommends additional funding

for Native American substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder services.

References:

Health Policy Commission (HPC). Quick Facts, 2007. Retrieved on 1/30/08 from

http://www.hpc.state.nm.us/documents

.

New Mexico Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative. New Mexico Behavioral Health

Collaborative Comprehensive Behavioral Health Plan FY 08-FY10, 2007.

New Mexico Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative.. New Mexico Behavioral Health Strategic

Plan FY08, 2007.

New Mexico Interagency Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative. Needs Assessment, Resource

Inventory, and Demographic Data Report, 2002 and,2006.

New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED), New Mexico Department of Health, University

of New Mexico Prevention Research Center. 2005 New Mexico Youth risk and Resiliency Survey

(YRRS).

University of New Mexico, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Population Statistics, 2005.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

HB 557 relates to General Appropriation Act, to HB 528 Native American Behavioral Health Services

and HB 557 Native American Youth Behavioral Health

.

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