0001| SENATE BILL 129
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| PATRICK H. LYONS
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE
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0013| INDIGENT HOSPITAL AND COUNTY HEALTH CARE ACT TO DELAY FOR TWO
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0014| YEARS TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY-SUPPORTED MEDICAID FUND THAT AMOUNT
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0015| OF THE BALANCE IN THE COUNTY INDIGENT HOSPITAL CLAIMS FUND THAT
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0016| EXCEEDS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000).
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0018| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019| Section 1. Section 27-5-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
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0020| Chapter 234, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
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0021| "27-5-7. COUNTY INDIGENT HOSPITAL CLAIMS FUND.--
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0022| A. There is created in the county treasury of each
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0023| county a "county indigent hospital claims fund".
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0024| B. Collections under the levy made pursuant to the
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0025| Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act and all payments
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0001| shall be placed into the fund, and the amount placed in the fund
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0002| shall be budgeted and expended only for the purposes specified
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0003| in the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act, by warrant
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0004| upon vouchers approved by a majority of the board and signed by
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0005| the chairman of the board. Payments for indigent
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0006| hospitalizations shall not be made from any other county fund.
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0007| C. The fund shall be audited in the manner that
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0008| other state and county funds are audited, and all records of
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0009| payments and verified statements of qualification upon which
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0010| payments were made from the fund shall be open to the public.
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0011| D. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of
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0012| the fiscal year pursuant to [Subsections F and G] Subsection
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0013| F of this section shall carry over into the ensuing year, and
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0014| that balance shall be taken into consideration in the
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0015| determination of the ensuing year's budget and certification of
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0016| need for purposes of making a tax levy.
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0017| E. Money may be transferred to the fund from other
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0018| sources, but no transfers may be made from the fund for any
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0019| purpose other than those specified in the Indigent Hospital and
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0020| County Health Care Act.
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0021| F. On June 30 of each fiscal year, beginning in
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0022| [1996] 1998, the board shall [tranfer] transfer to the
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0023| county-supported medicaid fund that amount of the balance in the
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0024| county indigent hospital claims fund that exceeds two hundred
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0025| thousand dollars ($200,000) or that exceeds the amount equal to
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0001| thirty percent of the income to the fund during that fiscal
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0002| year, whichever is greater. Beginning in [1996] 1998, the
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0003| transfer shall be made by September 1 of each fiscal year. Any
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0004| amount transferred to the county-supported medicaid fund
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0005| pursuant to this subsection is in addition to the county's
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0006| obligation pursuant to Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978."
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0009|
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0010| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0011| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0014| JANUARY 23, 1996
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0016| Mr. President:
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0018| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0020| SENATE BILL 129
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0022| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE,
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0023| PURSUANT TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the WAYS
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0024| AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0006| __________________________________
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0007| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman
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0011| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0015| Date ________________________
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0019| SO129CC1
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0021| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0022| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0025| January 31, 1996
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0002| Mr. President:
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0004| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0006| SENATE BILL 129
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0009| it DO PASS, and thence referred to the CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.
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0011| Respectfully submitted,
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0015| __________________________________
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0016| TITO D. CHAVEZ, Chairman
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0020| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0024| Date ________________________
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0002| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0003| Yes: 6
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0004| No: 0
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0005| Excused: Jennings, Weiner
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0006| Absent: None
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0008| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0009| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0012| February 8, 1996
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0014| Mr. President:
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0016| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018| SENATE BILL 129
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0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0021| it DO PASS.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0003| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0007| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0012| Date ________________________
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0015| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0016| Yes: 7
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0017| No: 0
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0018| Excused: Aragon, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar, Sanchez
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0019| Absent: None
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0023| S0129FC1
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