0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 43
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             GAIL C. BEAM
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CREATE A TASK
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0012|     FORCE TO REVIEW POLICIES AND STATUTES REGARDING GUARDIANSHIP
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0013|     SERVICES.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, guardianship services in the state are available
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0016|     for persons eighteen years of age and older who are
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0017|     decisionally incapacitated; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, a review of existing policies, procedures and
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0019|     regulations pertaining to guardianship services is necessary
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0020|     to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness and accountability; and 
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0021|          WHEREAS, a review of the Uniform Probate Code pertaining
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0022|     to guardianship services is necessary in determining the best
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0023|     practices for guardianship services; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, representation of all parties interested in
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0025|     guardianship services should be included in a discussion of
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0001|     policies, procedures, regulations and existing statutory law
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0002|     regarding those services to formulate recommendations to
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0003|     improve the quality, cost-effectiveness and accountability of
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0004|     guardianship services available in the state of New Mexico;
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0005|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0006|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the office of the attorney general be
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0007|     requested to form a task force and coordinate a study to
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0008|     review and recommend revisions to policies, procedures and
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0009|     regulations pertaining to guardianship services and to suggest
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0010|     statutory changes to reflect those revisions; and
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0011|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force consist of
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0012|     family members of persons in need of guardianship services;
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0013|     community-based providers of developmental disability, mental
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0014|     health and aging services; the elder law section of the New
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0015|     Mexico bar association, advocacy organizations, the department
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0016|     of health, the human services department, the children, youth
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0017|     and families department, the state agency on aging, the
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0018|     administrative office of the courts and providers of
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0019|     guardianship services; and
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0020|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the office of the attorney
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0021|     general report its findings and recommendations, if any, to
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0022|     the appropriate legislative interim committee prior to the
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0023|     1999 legislative session; and
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0024|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0025|     sent to the attorney general; the secretary of health, the
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0001|     secretary of human services, the secretary of children, youth
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0002|     and families, the director of the state agency on aging and
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0003|     the director of the administrative office of the courts.
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