0001| HOUSE BILL 682 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| MURRAY RYAN | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO HEALTH; CLARIFYING A SECTION OF THE UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT REGARDING THE ADMISSION OF INDIVIDUALS TO | 0013| MENTAL HEALTH-CARE INSTITUTIONS; AMENDING A SECTION OF THAT ACT. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 24-7A-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, | 0017| Chapter 182, Section 13) is amended to read: | 0018| "24-7A-13. EFFECT OF THE UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS | 0019| ACT.-- | 0020| A. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not | 0021| create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual | 0022| who has not made or who has revoked an advance health-care | 0023| directive. | 0024| B. Death resulting from the withholding or | 0025| withdrawal of health care in accordance with the Uniform | 0001| Health-Care Decisions Act does not for any purpose: | 0002| (1) constitute a suicide, a homicide or other | 0003| crime; or | 0004| (2) legally impair or invalidate a governing | 0005| instrument, notwithstanding any term of the governing instrument | 0006| to the contrary. "Governing instrument" means a deed, will, | 0007| trust, insurance or annuity policy, account with POD (payment on | 0008| death designation), security registered in beneficiary form | 0009| (TOD), pension, profit-sharing, retirement, employment or | 0010| similar benefit plan, instrument creating or exercising a power | 0011| of appointment or a dispositive, appointive or nominative | 0012| instrument of any similar type. | 0013| C. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not | 0014| authorize mercy killing, assisted suicide, euthanasia or the | 0015| provision, withholding or withdrawal of health care, to the | 0016| extent prohibited by other statutes of this state. | 0017| D. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not | 0018| authorize or require a health-care provider or health-care | 0019| institution to provide health care contrary to generally | 0020| accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care | 0021| provider or health-care institution. | 0022| E. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not | 0023| authorize an agent or surrogate to consent to the admission of | 0024| an individual to a mental health-care facility. If the | 0025| individual's written advance health-care directive expressly | 0001| permits treatment in a mental health-care facility, the agent or | 0002| surrogate may present the individual to a facility for | 0003| evaluation for admission. | 0004| F. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not | 0005| affect other statutes of this state governing treatment for | 0006| mental illness of an individual ~~[involuntarily committed]~~ | 0007| admitted to a mental health-care institution." | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| State of New Mexico | 0017| House of Representatives | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0020| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| February 8, 1996 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Mr. Speaker: | 0002| | 0003| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0004| whom has been referred | 0005| | 0006| HOUSE BILL 682 | 0007| | 0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0009| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Gary K. King, Chairman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted Not Adopted | 0020| | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| Date | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 7 | 0002| Excused: Abeyta, Baca, Sandel, Vigil | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| H0682CP1 | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0010| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| February 12, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| Mr. President: | 0016| | 0017| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0018| | 0019| HOUSE BILL 682 | 0020| | 0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0022| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0023| CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| __________________________________ | 0005| Janice D. Paster, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Date ________________________ | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0017| Yes: 5 | 0018| No: 0 | 0019| Excused: None | 0020| Absent: Carraro, Cisneros, Scott, Vernon | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| H0682JU1 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0003| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| February 13, 1996 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0011| whom has been referred | 0012| | 0013| HOUSE BILL 682 | 0014| | 0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0016| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0017| | 0018| Respectfully submitted, | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| __________________________________ | 0023| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Date ________________________ | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0011| Yes: 5 | 0012| No: 0 | 0013| Excused: Fidel, Maloof, McKibben, Robinson | 0014| Absent: None | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| H0682CT1 | 0018| |