New Mexico SB 240: MOBILE RURAL HEALTH SERVICE FOR SUBSTANCE USE

Bill Text

SB0240 

SENATE BILL 240

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Carlos R. Cisneros

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR 
PROGRAMS THAT DEPLOY MOBILE UNITS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES TO 
PROVIDE RURAL HEALTH SERVICES AND EVIDENCE-BASED, PEER- 
SUPPORTED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RECOVERY SERVICES.

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

 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars 
($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human 
services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 and 
subsequent fiscal years for programs that deploy mobile units 
in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, Taos, Colfax and Mora 
counties to provide rural health services and evidence-based, 
peer-supported substance use disorder recovery services. Any 
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a 
fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.