0001|     SENATE CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0002|                           SENATE BILL 194
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO HEALTH; PROVIDING FOR NURSE STAFF LEVELS AT NURSING
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0013|     FACILITIES.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  NURSING FACILITIES--NURSE STAFF LEVELS.--
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0017|               A.  Nursing facilities licensed pursuant to the
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0018|     provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978 shall employ nursing
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0019|     department staff sufficient to meet the care needs of the
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0020|     residents.
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0021|               B.  By December 31, 1997, the department of health
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0022|     shall adopt regulations to establish requirements for minimum
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0023|     nursing department staff in nursing facilities and for publicly
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0024|     posting the number of nursing department staff on duty.  Prior
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0025|     to proposing those regulations, the department of health shall
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0001|     cooperate with and receive comments from the human services
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0002|     department, the state agency on aging, consumers, providers and
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0003|     advocates regarding the fiscal and service criteria applicable
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0004|     to the regulations.  The effective date of the regulations
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0005|     shall be July 1, 1998.
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