0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 5 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND | 0003| SESSION, 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0012| REQUESTING THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT | 0013| OF INSURANCE TO STUDY DISCREPANCIES IN THE NEW MEXICO INSURANCE | 0014| CODE RELATED TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY | 0015| QUALIFIED ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES. | 0016| | 0017| WHEREAS, advanced practice nurses are providing valuable | 0018| health care services to the citizens of New Mexico; and | 0019| WHEREAS, advanced practice nurses are providers of choice | 0020| of many citizens of New Mexico; and | 0021| WHEREAS, insurance coverage for health care services | 0022| provided by advanced practice nurses is included in the New | 0023| Mexico Insurance Code under Chapter 59A, Article 22 NMSA 1978 | 0024| health insurance contracts; and | 0025| WHEREAS, insurance coverage for health care services | 0001| provided by advanced practice nurses is not included in the New | 0002| Mexico Insurance Code under Chapter 59A, Article 47 NMSA 1978 | 0003| nonprofit health care plans; and | 0004| WHEREAS, advanced practice nurses are included in the | 0005| Health Maintenance Organization Law under Section 59A-46-2 NMSA | 0006| 1978, but excluded from Section 59A-46-32 NMSA 1978; and | 0007| WHEREAS, the lack of insurance coverage provided in the New | 0008| Mexico Insurance Code for advanced practice nurses results in | 0009| loss of effective utilization of qualified, competent health | 0010| care providers that, in turn, directly impacts access to health | 0011| care services for New Mexico citizens; | 0012| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0013| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state corporation commission and | 0014| the department of insurance study and propose corrections in the | 0015| discrepancies that exist in the New Mexico Insurance Code that | 0016| relate to insurance coverage through insurance contracts, | 0017| nonprofit health care plans and health maintenance organizations | 0018| for health care services provided by qualified advanced practice | 0019| nurses; and | 0020| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0021| transmitted to the commissioners of the state corporation | 0022| commission and the superintendent of insurance. | 0023|  | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0001| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| January 25, 1996 | 0005| | 0006| Mr. President: | 0007| | 0008| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0009| | 0010| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 5 | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that it DO PASS, thence referred to the PUBLIC | 0014| AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| __________________________________ | 0021| Gloria Howes, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Date ________________________ | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0009| Yes: 5 | 0010| No: 0 | 0011| Excused: EJennings, Altamirano, Aragon | 0012| Absent: None | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| SJ005RU2 | 0017| | 0018| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0019| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| February 2, 1996 | 0023| | 0024| Mr. President: | 0025| | 0001| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0002| referred | 0003| | 0004| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 5 | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0007| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| __________________________________ | 0014| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Date ________________________ | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 5 | 0002| No: None | 0003| Excused: Naranjo, E. Jennings, Garcia | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| SJ0005PA1 | 0008| | 0009| State of New Mexico | 0010| House of Representatives | 0011| | 0012| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0013| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| February 13, 1996 | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Mr. Speaker: | 0020| | 0021| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0022| whom has been referred | 0023| | 0024| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 5 | 0025| | 0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0002| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Gary K. King, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted Not Adopted | 0013| | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| Date | 0017| | 0018| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0019| Yes: 7 | 0020| Excused: Baca, Charley, Sandel, Vigil | 0021| Absent: None | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| SJ005CP1 |