March 15, 2001

SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 13

The Honorable Richard Romero and

Members of the Senate

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Honorable President and Members of the Senate:

I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 418, as amended, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

This bill would expand the current Medicaid system to include certain parents of Medicaid-eligible children. Salud! As it presently exists provides New Mexico the ability to maintain a state-of-the-art, cost effective health care service model for the state. This bill would add millions of additional dollars and multiple layers of bureaucracy to this successful program. For the sake of these citizens’ need for proper care, Salud!’s success should not be infringed by further expansion.

Sincerely,

Gary E. Johnson

Governor

RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:

Time: _____________________ By:_____________________________

Secretary of State

Date ______________________

Time:______________________

Date_______________________ By:_____________________________

Chief Clerk of the Senate

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