0001|                            HOUSE BILL 682
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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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.  Five million one hundred thirteen thousand seven
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0017|     hundred thirty-six dollars ($5,113,736) is appropriated from
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0018|     the general fund to the state agency on aging for expenditure
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0019|     in fiscal year 1998 for the following purposes and in the
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0020|     following amounts:
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0021|                    (1)  three million eight hundred seventeen
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0022|     thousand nine hundred fifty-six dollars ($3,817,956) to the six
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0023|     area agencies on aging for senior services, including case
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0024|     management, respite care, including Alzheimer's respite care,
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0025|     adult daycare, congregate meals, transportation and in-home
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0001|     services;
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0002|                    (2)  seven hundred twenty-three thousand one
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0003|     hundred eighty dollars ($723,180) to provide increased
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0004|     volunteer positions for the foster grandparent, senior
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0005|     companion and retired senior volunteer programs;
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0006|                    (3)  one hundred forty-four thousand five
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0007|     hundred dollars ($144,500) 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 thousand dollars ($20,000) for
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0012|     statewide senior citizen olympics activities;
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0013|                    (5)  two hundred seventy-eight thousand two
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0014|     hundred dollars ($278,200) for statewide long-term care
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0015|     ombudsman services; and
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0016|                    (6)  one hundred twenty-nine thousand nine
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0017|     hundred dollars ($129,900) for an elder rights initiative
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0018|     assisting older individuals to access the medicaid managed care
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0019|     system.
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0020|               B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0021|     at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general
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0022|     fund.
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