SB 102 — STUDY UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME & PREGNANT

SENATE BILL 102 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY William P.

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FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE h AN ACT g o RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES;

REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH t hr g e i k TO EVALUATE THE IMPACTS OF UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME ON PREGNANT h r i s PEOPLE;

15h , t, e u g e b l e e h BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

n d d i = = o h SECTION 1.

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TheB. "universal basic income pilot program" is a t m m 21 created as a two-year pilot program administered by the d r e 22 department of health to evaluate the financial impact on a c e s k 23 pregnant person of providing a universal basic income from e a n b 24 pregnancy through the first year of life of an infant.

uThe ["universal C.basic income pilot program" is created as a two-year pilot program administered by the department of health to evaluate the financial impact on a pregnant person of providing a universal basic income from pregnancy through the first year of life of an infant.

TheC. department of health shall develop an .228755.1 application process for participants to voluntarily enroll in the program.

The department of health shall develop an application process for participants to voluntarily enroll in the program.

The program shall begin on July 1, 2025 and h shall end on June 30, 2027.

The program shall proceed with the g o t hr following limitations;

provided that the control group shall g e i k not be subject to these limitations:

h r i s (1) the department of health shall distribute h , t, to participants a universal basic income of one thousand five e u g e b l e e h hundred dollars ($1,500) per month through the duration of the n d d i = = o h program;

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d(3) r e 22 (4) participants shall attendcomplete prenatalsurveys careand cresearch eforms sthroughout k 23 appointments with a health care provider as defined pursuant to e a n b 24 the Publicduration Healthof Act in a frequency recommended by the healthprogram; u [ care provider;

and(4) .228755.1participants -shall 2attend -prenatal (5)care ifappointments a participant fails to comply with thea provisionshealth ofcare Paragraphsprovider (2)as throughdefined (4)pursuant ofto thisthe subsection,Public thatHealth participantAct shall be placed in thea controlfrequency grouprecommended forby the remainderhealth ofcare theprovider; program.

and (5) if a participant fails to comply with the provisions of Paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection, that participant shall be placed in the control group for the remainder of the program.

h SECTION 2.

APPROPRIATION.--Eighty million dollars u » r ($80,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the t h g e l i department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2026 and h r i s 2027 to conduct a universal basic income pilot program.

Any h , e h unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of t u g e b l e e , gh fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.

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