HB 42

                                1  HOUSE BILL 42
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Cynthia Borrego and Eleanor Chávez and Tara L. Lujan
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES
                                12   DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF FROZEN FOOD,
                                13   INCLUDING MEDICALLY TAILORED FOOD, IN COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH
                                14   FOOD INSECURITY, LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND A
                                15   SUBPOPULATION OF PERSONS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS REQUIRING
                                16   SPECIAL MEALS.
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                                18   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                19        SECTION 1.   APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars
                                20   ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the aging
                                21   and long-term services department for expenditure in fiscal
                                22   year 2027 to contract for the provision of frozen food,
                                23   including medically tailored food, in communities with high
                                24   food insecurity, limited access to healthy food and a
                                25   subpopulation of persons with medical conditions requiring
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                                1    special meals.   Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of
                                2    fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.
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