New Mexico Appendix: 2025 Undesignated Legislative Enactments § *-*-*. Appropriations;  health care authority

(1) four million six hundred thousand dollars ($4,600,000) to maintain the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit for elders and people with disabilities;

(2) twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) to maintain the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit for lawfully present residents;

(3) one million two hundred forty-six thousand dollars ($1,246,000) to prevent layoffs of employees administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program at the university of New Mexico and New Mexico state university;

(4) eight million dollars ($8,000,000) to support food banks, food pantries, regional distribution organizations and partner agencies in the state to ensure access to nutritious food, including two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) for capacity building, transportation, logistics and operational expenses;

(5) two million dollars ($2,000,000) to support educational-based centers and food pantry and food distribution programs in consultation with the early childhood education and care department, the public education department and the higher education department;

(6) one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to, in consultation with the workforce solutions department, support individuals in meeting work and volunteer requirements necessary to qualify for benefits under the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program and the state medicaid program;

(7) four million four hundred thousand dollars ($4,400,000) for additional staffing and administrative costs for the income support division of the authority;

(8) two million two hundred thousand dollars ($2,200,000) for services, additional staffing and administrative costs for the medical assistance division of the authority;  and

(9) ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for updates to information technology and other costs related to changes to eligibility requirements for medicaid and the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program made by Public Law No. 119-21.