0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 63 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| CARLOS R. CISNEROS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0012| REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MANDATORY | 0013| TRAINING OF AND EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ON THE HUMAN | 0014| IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE | 0015| LAWS RELATIVE TO THEIR TREATMENT. | 0016| | 0017| WHEREAS, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related illness | 0018| is the leading cause of death among young adults twenty-five to | 0019| forty-four years old; and | 0020| WHEREAS, nearly one-half million Americans have AIDS, and | 0021| approximately forty thousand new HIV infections occur each year | 0022| in the United States; and | 0023| WHEREAS, over one thousand two hundred New Mexicans have | 0024| AIDS, and estimates are that at least twice that many | 0025| individuals have been infected with the HIV virus; and | 0001| WHEREAS, the second community-defined need for HIV services | 0002| in New Mexico, as determined by the HIV coordinating council for | 0003| the state, is professional education; and | 0004| WHEREAS, from the perspective of many of New Mexico's | 0005| smaller communities, New Mexicans continue to face unlawful | 0006| discrimination by health care providers, including circumstances | 0007| in which such professionals, on the basis of an individual's | 0008| being HIV seropositive, decline to provide services ordinarily | 0009| offered within the scope of the professional's practice and | 0010| instead refer the individual to another comparable provider or | 0011| provide a different level of care to the individual; and | 0012| WHEREAS, federal and state laws exist to protect and | 0013| promote the human and civil rights of people with disabilities, | 0014| including people with HIV or AIDS; | 0015| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0016| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of health create a task | 0017| force to study mandatory training of and education for health | 0018| care providers concerning HIV or AIDS and other infectious | 0019| diseases and applicable laws; and | 0020| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be headed by the | 0021| department of health and be comprised of representatives from | 0022| the New Mexico medical society, board of medical examiners, New | 0023| Mexico board of dental health care, New Mexico state board of | 0024| nursing, New Mexico nurses association, New Mexico AIDS | 0025| education and training center, HIV coordinating council, | 0001| protection and advocacy system and consumers; and | 0002| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force report its | 0003| findings to the governor and the appropriate legislative interim | 0004| committee by December 1996; and | 0005| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0006| transmitted to the following entities: the regulation and | 0007| licensing department, secretary of health, New Mexico medical | 0008| society, board of medical examiners, New Mexico board of dental | 0009| health care, New Mexico state board of nursing, New Mexico | 0010| nurses association, protection and advocacy system and HIV | 0011| coordinating council. | 0012|  | 0013| | 0014| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0015| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| February 8, 1996 | 0019| | 0020| Mr. President: | 0021| | 0022| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0023| | 0024| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 63 | 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| Gloria Howes, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Date ________________________ | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0022| Yes: 5 | 0023| No: 0 | 0024| Excused: Altamirano, Aragon, Ejennings, Romero | 0025| Absent: 0 | 0001| | 0002| SJ063RU1 State of New Mexico | 0003| House of Representatives | 0004| | 0005| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0006| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| February 14, 1996 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Mr. Speaker: | 0013| | 0014| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0015| whom has been referred | 0016| | 0017| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 63 | 0018| | 0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0020| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Gary K. King, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Adopted Not Adopted | 0006| | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| Date | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 5 For 1 Against | 0012| Yes: 5 | 0013| No: Dolliver | 0014| Excused: Charley, Hawkins, Marquardt, Sandel, Vigil | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| SJ063CP1 |