HOUSE BILL 11

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Doreen Y. Gallegos

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING SHAKEN BABY SIMULATION DOLLS, TO EVERY HOSPITAL AND BIRTHING CENTER IN THE STATE TO EDUCATE PARENTS OF NEWBORNS TO PREVENT SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2017 for the health sciences center to provide educational materials, including shaken baby simulation dolls, to every hospital and birthing center in the state to educate parents of every newborn to prevent shaken baby syndrome before a newborn is discharged from the hospital or birthing center. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2017 shall revert to the general fund.

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