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-HOUSE BILL 42
+Fiscal impact reports (FIRs) are prepared by the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) for standing finance
+committees of the Legislature. LFC does not assume responsibility for the  accuracy of these reports  if they
+are used for other purposes.
 
-57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026
+F I S C A L    I M P A C T    R E P O R T
 
-INTRODUCED BY
+BILL NUMBER: House Bill 42
+SHORT TITLE: Frozen Food for Certain Communities
+SPONSOR: Borrego
+LAST
+UPDATE:
+ ORIGINAL
+DATE:
 
-Cynthia Borrego and Eleanor Chávez and Tara L. Lujan
+1/23/26
 
-AN ACT
+ANALYST: Hilla
 
-MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES
-DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF FROZEN FOOD,
-INCLUDING MEDICALLY TAILORED FOOD, IN COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH
-FOOD INSECURITY, LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND A
-SUBPOPULATION OF PERSONS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS REQUIRING
-SPECIAL MEALS.
+APPROPRIATION*
+(dollars in thousands)
+FY26 FY27 Recurring or
+Nonrecurring
+Fund
+Affected
+ $200.0 Nonrecurring General Fund
+*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
 
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
+ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT*
+(dollars in thousands)
+Agency/Program FY26 FY27 FY28 3 Year
+Total Cost
+Recurring or
+Nonrecurring
+Fund
+Affected
+ALTSD No fiscal impact $60.0 No fiscal impact $60.0 Nonrecurring General Fund
+Parentheses ( ) indicate expenditure decreases.
+*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
 
-     SECTION 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars
-($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the aging
-and long-term services department for expenditure in fiscal
-year 2027 to contract for the provision of frozen food,
-including medically tailored food, in communities with high
-food insecurity, limited access to healthy food and a
-subpopulation of persons with medical conditions requiring
-special meals.  Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of
-fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.
+Sources of Information
 
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+LFC Files
+
+Agency or Agencies Providing Analysis
+Aging and Long-Term Services Department
+
+SUMMARY
+
+Synopsis of House Bill 42
+
+House Bill 42 (HB42) appropriates $200 thousand from the general fund to the Aging and Long-
+Term Services Department (ALTSD) for the department to contract for frozen food or medically
+tailored meals in high -food insecure areas or communities with limited access to healthy food
+and a subpopulation of people with medical conditions requiring special meals.
+
+This bill does not contain an effective date and, as a result, would go into effect 90 days after the
+Legislature adjourns, which is May 20, 2026.
+
+FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
+
+The appropriation of $200 thousand contained in this bill is a nonrecurring expense to the
+House Bill 42 – Page 2
+
+general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of  FY27 shall
+revert to the general fund. This appropriation is not included in either the LFC or the e xecutive
+budget recommendations; however, both recommendations include increases to the department’s
+operating budget for additional meal delivery costs  statewide. The LFC recommendation
+includes an additional $1 million in general fund revenue, whereas the e xecutive
+recommendation includes $1.5 million for additional meal delivery services.
+
+ALTSD cites a $60 thousand nonrecurring operating budget impact, which would be assumed by
+taking 30 percent of the $200 thousand appropriation, leaving $140 thousand for the intended
+services of HB42. The department states it and direct service provide rs would incur
+administrative costs with implementing these services , such as workload related to procurement ,
+contract oversight, and compliance.
+
+SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
+
+ALTSD cites in its analysis that Medicare- aged beneficiaries are the most impacted by food
+nutrition, stating that food-insecure older adults, aged 60 and over, are more likely to suffer a
+heart attack, more likely to suffer from congestive heart failure, and more likely to develop
+asthma. The department adds that more than 50 percent of older adults are malnourished or at
+risk of malnutrition.
+
+The department reports over 5,600 older New Mexicans receiving group or home -delivered
+meals in federal fiscal year 2025 were assessed as having high nutritional risk. ALTSD reports
+that area agencies on aging and direct service providers provided 4,191,156 congregate and
+home-delivered meals statewide in FY25.
+
+ALTSD estimates it could provide approximately 14 thousand medically tailored meals under the
+appropriation under the assumption that it will be $10 per meal after the 30 percent
+administrative cost reduced from the original appropriation amount.
+
+EH/hg/sgs