0001| SENATE BILL 194
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO HEALTH; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STAFFING RATIOS IN
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0012| NURSING FACILITIES; CREATING DEFINITIONS.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section l. NURSING FACILITIES--MINIMUM STAFFING RATIOS.--
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0016| A. Nursing facilities licensed pursuant to the
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0017| provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978 shall employ personnel
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0018| sufficient to meet the care needs of each patient and shall
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0019| provide minimum direct caregiver-to-resident ratios as follows:
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0020| (1) one direct caregiver per five residents
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0021| during the day;
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0022| (2) one direct caregiver per ten residents
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0023| during the evening; and
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0024| (3) one direct caregiver per fifteen residents
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0025| at night.
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0001| B. Nursing facilities licensed pursuant to the
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0002| provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978 shall employ personnel
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0003| sufficient to meet the care needs of each patient and shall
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0004| provide minimum nursing staff-to-resident ratios as follows:
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0005| (1) one licensed nurse per fifteen residents
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0006| during the day;
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0007| (2) one licensed nurse per twenty-five
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0008| residents during the evening; and
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0009| (3) one licensed nurse per thirty-five
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0010| residents at night.
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0011| C. For purposes of this section:
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0012| (1) "direct caregiver" means a certified
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0013| nursing assistant or certified nursing aide, licensed by the
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0014| department of health, but does not include either of these
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0015| persons when working as a trainee or when assigned to laundry
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0016| or other support responsibilities; and
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0017| (2) "licensed nurse" means a person licensed
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0018| by the board of nursing and employed as a registered nurse,
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0019| licensed practical nurse, certified nurse practitioner,
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0020| clinical nurse specialist or certified registered nurse
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0021| anesthetist when working as a nurse or nursing supervisor, but
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0022| not when employed in an administrative capacity.
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0023| D. The number of direct caregivers and licensed
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0024| nurses on duty at any given time shall be increased as
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0025| necessary to meet the care needs of the patients and shall be
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0001| posted plainly near each visitors' entrance of a nursing
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0002| facility.
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0005| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0006| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0009| March 15, 1997
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0011| Mr. President:
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0013| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|
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0015| SENATE BILL 194
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT
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0018| RECOMMENDATION, and thence referred to the CORPORATIONS &
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0019| TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
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0020|
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0021| Respectfully submitted,
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0025| __________________________________
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0001| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0004| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0008| Date ________________________
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0011| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0012| Yes: 6
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0013| No: 0
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0014| Excused: Smith, Vernon, Garcia
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0015| Absent: None
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0021| S0194PA1
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0022|
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0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0002| March 19, 1997
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0004| Mr. President:
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0005|
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0006| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom
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0007| has been referred
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0008|
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0009| SENATE BILL 194
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0010|
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0012| that it DO NOT PASS, but that
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0014| SENATE CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
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0015| SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 194
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0017| DO PASS.
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0018| Respectfully submitted,
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0022| __________________________________
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0023| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0025|
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0001| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date ________________________
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0008| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0009| Yes: 8
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0010| No: 0
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0011| Excused: Fidel, Robinson
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0012| Absent: None
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0015| S0194CT1
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0016| State of New Mexico
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0017| House of Representatives
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0018|
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0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023| March 22, 1997
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0001| Mr. Speaker:
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0003| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom
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0004| has been referred
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0005|
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0006| SENATE CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
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0007| SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 194
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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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0017| Gary King, Chairman
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0020| Adopted Not Adopted
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0023| Date
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0025| The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against
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0001| Yes: 4
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0002| No: Crook, Dana, Johnson
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0003| Excused: Rios, Sandel, Vaughn
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0004| Absent: None
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