0001|                           SENATE BILL 342
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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|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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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 MEDICAID; AMENDING SECTION 27-2A-3 NMSA 1978 (BEING
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0012|     LAWS 1994, CHAPTER 87, SECTION 3); REPEALING THE MEDICAID
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0013|     ESTATE RECOVERY ACT UPON ENACTMENT OF FEDERAL MEDICAID BLOCK
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0014|     GRANTS.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 27-2A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0018|     Chapter 87, Section 3) is amended to read:
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0019|          "27-2A-3.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Medicaid Estate
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0020|     Recovery Act:
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0021|               A.  "department" means the human services
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0022|     department;
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0023|               B.  "estate" means real and personal property and
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0024|     other assets of the individual subject to probate or
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0025|     administration pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform
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0001|     Probate Code; <s>[and]</s>
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0002|               <u>C.  "homestead of modest value" means a property
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<u></u>0003| <u>    that does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in
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<u></u>0004| <u>    value for property tax purposes; and</u>
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0005|               <s>[C.]</s> <u>D.</u>  "medical assistance" means amounts paid
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0006|     by the department as medical assistance pursuant to Title
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0007|     <s>[XIX]</s> <u>19</u> of the Social Security Act."
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0008|          Section 2.  REPEAL.--Upon the effective date of any
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0009|     federal statute eliminating medicaid entitlement in favor of
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0010|     medicaid block grants to the states, Sections 27-2A-1 through
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0011|     27-2A-9
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0012|     NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 87, Sections 1 through 9)
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0013|     are repealed.
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0014|                                - 2 - 
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0016|   
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0017|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021|                                               February 24, 1997
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0022|   
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0023|   Mr. President:
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0024|   
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0025|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0001|   referred
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0002|   
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0003|                          SENATE BILL 342
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0004|   
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0005|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0007|   FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0008|   
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0009|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0014|   __________________________________
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0015|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0019|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0020|   Adopted_______________________
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0021|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0022|   
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0023|   
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0024|                     Date ________________________
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0002|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0003|           Yes:    6
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0004|           No:     None
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0005|                Excused:     Vernon, Smith, Garcia
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0006|           Absent: None
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0013|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017|                                                   March 1, 1997
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0018|   
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0019|   Mr. President:
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0020|   
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0021|       Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0022|   
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0023|                          SENATE BILL 342
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0024|   
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0025|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0001|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0003|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0008|   __________________________________
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0009|                                Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0010|   
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0013|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0014|   Adopted_______________________
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0015|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0019|                     Date ________________________
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0022|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0023|           Yes:    6
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0024|           No:     None
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0025|                Excused:     Aragon, Campos, Carraro, Ingle, McKibben
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0001|           Absent: None
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