State of New Mexico
                      House of Representatives
  
                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
  
  
                                                February 20, 1997
  
  
  Mr. Speaker:
  
       Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has
  been referred
  
                        HOUSE BILL 358
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with
  recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
       
       1.  On page 1, line 24, strike "and" and insert in lieu
  thereof "the".
  
       2.  On page 2, strike all of lines 3 through 9, and insert in
  lieu thereof the following:
            
            "A.  "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for
  the procurement of all health care benefits by the publicly funded
  insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code and
  includes associated activities related to the procurement such as
  actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis;
  and".
  
       3.  On pages 2 and 3, strike all of Section 4 and insert in
  lieu thereof the following new section:
  
       "Section 4.  [NEW MATERIAL]  MANDATORY CONSOLIDATED
  PURCHASING.--
  
            A.  The agencies shall enter into a cooperative
  consolidated purchasing effort to provide plans of health care
  benefits for the benefit of eligible participants of the respective
  agencies.  The request for proposal shall set forth one or more
  plans of health care benefits and shall include accommodation of
  fully funded arrangements as well as varying degrees of self-funded
  pool options.
  
            B.  A consolidated purchasing request for proposals for
  all health care benefits by the publicly funded health care agencies
  shall be issued on or before July 1, 1999 and any contracts for
  health care benefits renewed or issued on or after July 1, 2000
  shall be the result of consolidated purchasing.
            
            C.  All requests for proposals issued as part of the
  consolidated purchasing shall include at least one distinct service
  area consisting of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.  Proposals on
  a distinct service area shall be evaluated separately.".
  
       4.  On page 10, line 17, after the period strike the remainder
  of the line and lines 18 through 25, and on page ll, strike all of
  line 1 up to the quotation marks.,
  
  and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
  COMMITTEE.
  
                                Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                                                                 
                                                              Fred Luna, Chairman
  
  
  Adopted                       Not Adopted                       
            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
                         Date             
  
  The roll call vote was 9  For 0  Against
  Yes:      9
            Excused:  Corley, Getty, Olguin, Varela
            Absent:   None
  
  
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