0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 96
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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|                       JOSEPH J. CARRARO
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE BOARD OF BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS AND THE
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0013|     GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON CONCERNS OF THE HANDICAPPED TO JOINTLY
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0014|     CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS ACT AND ITS
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0015|     LICENSING REGULATIONS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
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0016|     ACCOMMODATING THE HOMEBOUND.
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0017|     
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0018|       WHEREAS, New Mexico has a sizable population of aged,
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0019|     homebound, handicapped and institutionalized residents who have
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0020|     limited access to barber and cosmetological services commonly
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0021|     available to the mainstream population; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, the existing barber and cosmetologist licensing
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0023|     system prohibits delivery of mobile services to the homebound or
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0024|     institutionalized client; and
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0025|       WHEREAS, bureau of the census data indicates that the
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0001|     number of people over sixty-five years of age will almost double
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0002|     by the year 2010, and the number of individuals with mobility
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0003|     and self-care limitations will increase accordingly;
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0004|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0005|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the board of barbers and cosmetologists
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0006|     and the governor's committee on concerns of the handicapped be
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0007|     requested to jointly conduct a review of the Barbers and
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0008|     Cosmetologists Act and licensing regulations and be requested to
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0009|     make recommendations to the appropriate interim committee by
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0010|     November 1, 1996 for changes that provide for mobile services to
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0011|     the homebound and institutionalized population; and
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0012|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the superintendent of regulation and licensing,
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0014|     the chairman of the governor's committee on concerns of the
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0015|     handicapped and the board of barbers and cosmetologists.
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