0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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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|                       MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THAT THE INTERIM LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN
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0013|     SERVICES COMMITTEE DEVELOP PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN RESPONSE TO
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0014|     PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 70 OF 1995.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Joint Memorial 70 of 1995,
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0017|     seven public hearings were conducted statewide to obtain public
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0018|     input regarding the quality of care in long-term care
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0019|     facilities; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, more than seven hundred citizens of this state,
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0021|     including family members and residents of long-term care
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0022|     facilities, as well as representatives of public and private
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0023|     organizations concerned with long-term care issues, attended
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0024|     these public hearings all over the state; and
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0025|       WHEREAS, the testimony presented at these hearings raised
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0001|     serious questions about the adequacy of the quality of care
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0002|     received on a daily basis by residents of long-term care
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0003|     facilities, including repeated testimony regarding problems
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0004|     stemming in significant part from short-staffing, such as the
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0005|     unnecessary developments of incontinence and pressure sores; and
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0006|       WHEREAS, the 1996 thirty-day legislative session will not
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0007|     allow time for the development of a legislative response to the
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0008|     findings of Senate Joint Memorial 70; and
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0009|       WHEREAS, Senate Joint Memorial 70, while providing
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0010|     documented testimony of consumer concerns, did not direct that
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0011|     specific legislative recommendations be developed to rectify the
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0012|     issues identified;
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0013|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0014|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the interim legislative health and
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0015|     human services committee consider and adopt a series of
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0016|     legislative recommendations to remedy the issues raised during
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0017|     the public hearings held pursuant to Senate Joint Memorial 70 of
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0018|     1995; and
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0019|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interim legislative health
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0020|     and human services committee form one or more subcommittees of
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0021|     its members to carry out all or part of its functions; and
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0022|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interim legislative health
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0023|     and human services committee be requested to introduce such
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0024|     legislation for consideration by the first session of the forty-third legislature.
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0002|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0003|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0006|                                              February 3, 1996
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0007|   
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0008|   Mr. President:
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0009|   
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0010|     Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0011|   
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0012|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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0013|   
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0016|   
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0017|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0018|   
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0020|   
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0021|                              __________________________________
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0022|                              Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0023|   
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0024|   
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0001|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0002|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0006|                     Date ________________________
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0009|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0010|   Yes:  6
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0011|   No:        0
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0012|   Excused:   EJennings, Wray, Donisthorpe
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0013|   Absent:    0
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0014|   
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0016|   SJ044RU1
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0017|                          State of New Mexico
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0018|                    House of Representatives
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0019|   
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0020|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0021|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0024|                                             February 13, 1996
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0025|   
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0002|   Mr. Speaker:
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0003|   
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0004|    Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0005|   whom has been referred
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0006|   
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0007|                   SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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0008|                                
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0009|                                 has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0011|   
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0012|                             Respectfully submitted,
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0013|   
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0014|   
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0016|                             <u>                                 
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<u></u>0017| <u>  </u>                              Gary K. King, Chairman
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0020|   Adopted <u>                    </u> Not Adopted <u>                     
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0022|         (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0024|                      Date <u>            </u>
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0001|   The roll call vote was<u> 8 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0002|   Yes:       8         
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0003|   Excused:   Charley, Sandel, Vigil
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0004|   Absent:    None
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0007|                                                              
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0008|   SJ044CP1
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