0001|                        HOUSE MEMORIAL 5
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                          GARY K. KING
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0011|                           A MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO
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0013|     DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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0014|     CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR USE BY THE NEW MEXICO COALITION
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0015|     AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, in 1994 the New Mexico legislature, through a
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0018|     memorial sponsored by the interim legislative health and human
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0019|     services committee, recognized the New Mexico coalition against
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0020|     domestic violence as experts in the field of domestic violence;
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0021|     and
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0022|       WHEREAS, domestic violence is a separate and distinct
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0023|     problem area from other social, marital, mental health and
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0024|     developmental problems, and domestic violence counseling has
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0025|     expanded exponentially in New Mexico within the last twenty
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0001|     years, paralleling the rise of domestic violence in our nation;
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0002|     and
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0003|       WHEREAS, domestic violence counseling has evolved in a
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0004|     nontraditional fashion through peer counseling, support and
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0005|     self-help services provided by feminists, battered women and
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0006|     domestic violence survivors who have extensive experience with
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0007|     those issues and who often do not have formal training in the
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0008|     field; and
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0009|       WHEREAS, in order to ensure that properly qualified and
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0010|     trained personnel are providing services to victims of domestic
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0011|     violence, a specialized certification program should be
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0012|     developed, for use by the New Mexico coalition against domestic
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0013|     violence, by the human services department in cooperation with
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0014|     the regulation and licensing department and the New Mexico
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0015|     coalition against domestic violence;
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0016|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0017|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it ask the human
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0018|     services department, together with the regulation and licensing
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0019|     department and the New Mexico coalition against domestic
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0020|     violence, to study the feasibility of creating a specialized
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0021|     certification program for use by the New Mexico coalition
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0022|     against domestic violence to establish a standard for
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0023|     certification as a domestic violence counselor; and
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0024|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the human services department
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0025|     present the results of its study to the interim legislative
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0001|     health and human services committee no later than October 1,
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0002|     1996; and
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0003|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be sent
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0004|     to the secretary of human services, the superintendent of
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0005|     regulation and licensing, the executive director of the New
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0006|     Mexico coalition against domestic violence and the chairman of
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0007|     the interim legislative health and human services committee.
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0008|                              
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0009|                              State of New Mexico
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0010|                    House of Representatives
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0011|   
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0012|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0013|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0014|   
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0015|   
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0016|                                             February 11, 1996
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0017|   
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0018|   
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0019|   Mr. Speaker:
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0020|   
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0021|       Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0022|   whom has been referred
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0023|   
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0024|                       HOUSE MEMORIAL 5
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0025|                                
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0001|                                 has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0003|   
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0004|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0008|                                <u>                                 
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<u></u>0009| <u>  </u>                            Gary K. King, Chairman
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0011|   
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0012|   Adopted <u>                    </u>    Not Adopted <u>                     
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<u></u>0013| <u>  </u>
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0014|            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0015|   
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0016|                      Date <u>            </u>
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0018|   The roll call vote was<u> 6 </u> For<u> 1 </u> Against
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0019|   Yes:          6
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0020|   No:      Hawkins
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0021|   Excused: Baca, Charley, Sandel, Vigil
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0022|   Absent:  None
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