0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 91
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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|                       RICHARD M. ROMERO
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPLEMENT CURRENT
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0013|     AVAILABLE MEDICAID SERVICES TO INCLUDE PROVISION OF CERTAIN
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0014|     SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE STATE PURSUANT TO THE HOME- AND
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0015|     COMMUNITY-BASED WAIVER PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS
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0016|     GOVERNING THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
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0017|     
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0018|       WHEREAS, the federal medicaid program regulations provide
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0019|     for a state to apply for a home- and community-based waiver in
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0020|     its medicaid program to enable the state to provide certain
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0021|     additional services to medicaid beneficiaries; and 
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0022|       WHEREAS, the aforesaid waiver provisions include as
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0023|     additional services specialized medical equipment and supplies
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0024|     and environmental modifications for persons needing those
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0025|     services to: 
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0001|            A.  remain as independent as possible in their daily
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0002|     living situations; 
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0003|            B.  increase their abilities to perform activities of
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0004|     daily living; and 
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0005|            C.  perceive, control or communicate with the
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0006|     environment in which they live; and
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0007|       WHEREAS, even though federal matching funds are available
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0008|     for these eligible services if a state chooses to apply for a
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0009|     waiver to modify its state plan, the human services department
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0010|     has chosen not to do so; and 
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0011|       WHEREAS, making the indicated services available to
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0012|     eligible individuals in many cases would substantially decrease
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0013|     the possibility of greater costs of medical assistance for those
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0014|     individuals in the future because the services are designed to
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0015|     counteract the deteriorating effect upon such individuals of the
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0016|     inability to communicate effectively with persons in their homes
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0017|     and communities;
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0018|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0019|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the human services department take the
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0020|     necessary action to implement provisions of the available
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0021|     medicaid home- and community-based waiver to enable New Mexico's
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0022|     medicaid program to provide specialized medical equipment and
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0023|     supplies and environmental modification services to those
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0024|     individuals who would be eligible for the services pursuant to
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0025|     the federal regulations governing granting of the waiver; and 
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0001|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0002|     transmitted to the governor and the secretary of human services.
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0003|                                    
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0004|   
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0005|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0006|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0009|                                             February 14, 1996
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0011|   Mr. President:
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0012|   
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0013|     Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|   
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0015|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 91
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0016|   
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0017|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0019|   
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0020|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0021|   
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0022|   
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0024|                              __________________________________
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0025|                              Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0004|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0005|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0009|                     Date ________________________
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0012|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0013|   Yes:  6
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0014|   No:        0
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0015|   Excused:   Aragon, Donisthorpe, EJennings
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0016|   Absent:    0
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0019|   SJ091RU1
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