0001| HOUSE BILL 1340
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| J. PAUL TAYLOR
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AMENDING SECTION 27-2-7 NMSA
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0012| 1978 (BEING LAWS 1973, CHAPTER 376, SECTION 10, AS AMENDED).
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 27-2-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
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0016| Chapter 376, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "27-2-7. GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM--QUALIFICATIONS AND
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0018| PAYMENTS.--
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0019| A. Subject to the availability of state funds,
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0020| public assistance shall be provided under a general assistance
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0021| program to or on behalf of an eligible [persons] person
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0022| who meets all eligibility conditions pursuant to Section 27-2-
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0023| 3 NMSA 1978 and who:
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0024| [(1) are under eighteen years of age and meet
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all eligibility conditions for aid to families with dependent
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children except the relationship to the person with whom they
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are living; or
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(2) are over the age of eighteen and are
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temporarily disabled, according to regulations of the board and
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are not receiving aid to families with dependent children; or
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(3) meet the qualifications under such other
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regulations for the general assistance program as the board
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shall establish from time to time.
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B. General assistance program payments may be made
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directly to the recipient or to the vendor of goods or services
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provided to the recipient. The board may by regulation limit
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the grants that are made to general assistance recipients.
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C. Whenever the board makes an adjustment in the
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standard of need for the aid to families with dependent
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children program pursuant to Section 13-17-3 NMSA 1953, it
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shall make a commensurate adjustment in the standard of need
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for the general assistance program]
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0018| (1) is under eighteen years of age and lives
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0019| with a caretaker that is not a parent or stepparent;
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0020| (2) is over sixty years of age and the
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0021| caretaker of an eligible person under the age of eighteen;
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0022| (3) is the parent of an eligible person under
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0023| the age of eighteen years, where the parent:
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0024| (a) suffers from a permanent or
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0025| temporary disability that prevents the parent from engaging in
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0001| work;
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0002| (b) is providing care for a totally
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0003| disabled adult in the family;
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0004| (c) is caring for a child with a
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0005| disability who requires special parental care that cannot be
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0006| provided through available daycare services;
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0007| (d) has received temporary assistance
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0008| for needy families for more than sixty months; or
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0009| (e) is a lawfully resident noncitizen
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0010| who would be a person eligible for public assistance if the
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0011| parent were a citizen; or
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0012| (4) is over the age of eighteen and:
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0013| (a) is either permanently or temporarily
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0014| disabled, according to regulations of the department;
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0015| (b) is not otherwise receiving a grant
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0016| of public assistance pursuant to the Public Assistance Act or
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0017| the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
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0018| Act of 1996, excluding food assistance or medical assistance;
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0019| (c) has applied for assistance based
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0020| upon his disability pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and
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0021| Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; and
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0022| (d) has executed an agreement
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0023| authorizing the state to recoup public assistance paid pursuant
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0024| to the general assistance program from disability assistance
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0025| the person ultimately receives pursuant to the Personal
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0001| Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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0002| B. General assistance program payments may be made
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0003| directly to the recipient or to the vendor of goods and
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0004| services provided to the recipient. The department may by
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0005| regulation limit the grants that are made to general assistance
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0006| recipients.
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0007| C. The department may by regulation require
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0008| recipients of general assistance to engage in programs of
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0009| vocational rehabilitation or education or to seek work
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0010| opportunities that are appropriate for the recipient and are
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0011| designed to assist recipients to become self-sufficient.
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0012| D. Whenever the department makes an adjustment in
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0013| the standard of need pursuant to Section 27-2-3 NMSA 1978, it
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0014| shall make a commensurate adjustment in the standard of need
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0015| for the general assistance program."
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0016| State of New Mexico
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0017| House of Representatives
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0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023| March 19, 1997
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0001| Mr. Speaker:
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0003| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0004| whom has been referred
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0006| HOUSE BILL 1340
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0011| 1. On page 1, line 21, strike "person" and insert in lieu
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0012| thereof "applicant".
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0014| 2. On page 2, line 18, strike "under eighteen years of age"
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0015| and insert in lieu thereof "an unemancipated minor".
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0017| 3. On page 2, line 19, strike "a parent or stepparent" and
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0018| insert in lieu thereof "related to the minor by blood or
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0019| marriage".
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0021| 4. On page 2, lines 22 and 23, strike "eligible person
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0022| under the age of eighteen years" and insert in lieu thereof
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0023| "unemancipated minor".
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0025| 5. On page 3, line 3, strike "a child" and insert in lieu
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0001| thereof "an unemancipated minor".
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0003| 6. On page 3, lines 6 and 7, strike "temporary assistance
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0004| for needy families" and insert in lieu thereof "assistance
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0005| pursuant to Title 4 of the federal act".
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0007| 7. On page 3, lines 16 through 17, strike "Personal
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0008| Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996"
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0009| and insert in lieu thereof "federal act".
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0011| 8. On page 3, lines 19 and 20, strike "the Personal
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0012| Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996;"
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0013| and insert in lieu thereof "Title 16 of the federal act".
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0015| 9. On page 3, lines 24 and 25, strike "the Personal
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0016| Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996"
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0017| and insert in lieu thereof "Title 16 of the federal act".
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0019| Respectfully submitted,
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0025| Max Coll, Chairman
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0003| Adopted Not Adopted
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0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0007| Date
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0009| The roll call vote was 10 For 6 Against
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0010| Yes: 10
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0011| No: Bird, Buffett, Marquardt, Pearce, Townsend, Wallace
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0012| Excused: Picraux
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0013| Absent: None
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