New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB404 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 404
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46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Art De La Cruz
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES; CREATING THE MONETARY STIPEND
50	50	PROJECT AS A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT TO PROVIDE MONTHLY
51	51	ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A MONETARY STIPEND FOR
52	52	BASIC COST-OF-LIVING EXPENSES IMPROVES EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT
53	53	AND HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS WHO ARE FORMER FOSTER OR
54	54	DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING FOR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, PROGRAM
55	55	TERMS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
57	57	SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] PILOT--MONETARY STIPEND
58	58	PROJECT--ELIGIBILITY--PROGRAM TERMS--REPORTING AND
59	59	EVALUATION.--
60	60	A. The "monetary stipend project" is created as a
61	61	three-year pilot project that provides monthly assistance
62	62	payments to eligible adults and measures the effect of monetary
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90	90	stipends on socioeconomic outcomes. The purpose of the
91	91	monetary stipend project is to demonstrate that a monetary
92	92	stipend for basic cost-of-living expenses improves educational,
93	93	employment and health care outcomes for adults who are former
94	94	foster or delinquent children. The monetary stipend project
95	95	shall be administered by the higher education department.
96	96	B. An eligible participant shall be a New Mexico
97	97	resident, United States citizen or lawful permanent resident
98	98	and an adult who is less than twenty-six years of age and who
99	99	is a former foster child, was adjudicated and incarcerated
100	100	pursuant to the Delinquency Act or who participated in and aged
101	101	out of the fostering connections program as provided in the
102	102	Fostering Connections Act and is:
103	103	(1) enrolled in a post-secondary educational
104	104	program;
105	105	(2) participating in an apprenticeship program
106	106	or workforce development recognized by the workforce solutions
107	107	department; or
108	108	(3) participating in a program or activity
109	109	designed to promote employment or remove barriers to
110	110	employment.
111	111	C. Subject to appropriation, the higher education
112	112	department shall determine the amount of a monetary stipend in
113	113	consultation with the health care authority. The amount of a
114	114	monetary stipend shall be individualized for each participant
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143	143	and adjusted based on the participant's income and on other
144	144	public assistance that the participant receives; provided that
145	145	a monetary stipend shall not exceed two thousand dollars
146	146	($2,000) per month. A monetary stipend may be expended on
147	147	cost-of-living expenses, including housing expenses, as
148	148	provided by rule.
149	149	D. The higher education department shall promulgate
150	150	rules for the form and manner of the application, procedures
151	151	and criteria for reviewing applications, the methodology for
152	152	evaluating participants and other rules necessary to carry out
153	153	the provisions of this section. If the higher education
154	154	department determines that the federal Social Security Act
155	155	requires waivers or authorizations from the United States in
156	156	order to carry out the monetary stipend project, the department
157	157	shall notify the health care authority, and the authority shall
158	158	request such waivers or authorizations no later than December
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160	160	E. The higher education department shall report to
161	161	the legislative health and human services committee on May 1
162	162	and November 1 of each year of the monetary stipend project.
163	163	No later than October 1, 2031, the higher education department
164	164	shall provide a final report to the legislative health and
165	165	human services committee on the outcomes for the participants,
166	166	the fiscal impact of the program and other recommendations that
167	167	the higher education department deems appropriate."
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196	196	SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Three million dollars
197	197	($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
198	198	higher education department for expenditure in fiscal years
199	199	2026 through 2028 for the monetary stipend project. Any
200	200	unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
201	201	fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the general fund.
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