0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 19
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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| J. PAUL TAYLOR
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0008| FOR THE HEALTH CARE REFORM COMMITTEE
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH
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0012| A TASK FORCE IN COOPERATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
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0013| AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND INSURANCE TO MAKE
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0014| RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTY INDIGENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS AND
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0015| ADDRESS INSURANCE ACCESS ISSUES OF THE UNINSURED AND WORKING
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0016| POOR.
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0018| WHEREAS, it is the health policy of the state to assure
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0019| access to needed health services regardless of financial
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0020| status; and
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0021| WHEREAS, great variation exists in eligibility standards,
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0022| means testing, covered services and reimbursement methodologies
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0023| among counties regarding use of indigent funds for health
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0024| services; and
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0025| WHEREAS, this variability contributes to apparent
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0001| inequities in access to health care based on the county of
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0002| residence; and
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0003| WHEREAS, the counties and the state share responsibility
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0004| for assuring access and availability of health care services to
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0005| their residents; and
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0006| WHEREAS, while the expansion of medicaid coverage to one
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0007| hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level for
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0008| children has helped, working poor adults often remain
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0009| uninsured; and
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0010| WHEREAS, the implementation of welfare reform initiatives
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0011| may exacerbate the problem, as individuals coming off welfare
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0012| may enter low-paying jobs that provide no health insurance
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0013| benefits;
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0014| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0015| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico health policy
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0016| commission be requested to establish a task force in
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0017| cooperation with the association of counties and the
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0018| departments of health and insurance to make recommendations to
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0019| expand health care access to indigent and working poor
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0020| populations in New Mexico through the following:
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0021| A. identification of optimal uses of county
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0022| indigent funds, including:
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0023| (1) development of uniform minimum standards
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0024| of eligibility, means testing and covered services;
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0025| (2) development of standard methodologies and
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0001| rates for claims paid;
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0002| (3) sharing or consolidation of administrative
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0003| functions, including technical expertise; and
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0004| (4) identification of a mechanism to equalize
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0005| county revenues to enable all counties to comply with the
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0006| minimum eligibility and covered services standards;
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0007| B. making affordable insurance recommendations that
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0008| consider:
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0009| (1) decreasing risk segmentation;
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0010| (2) improved risk pooling;
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0011| (3) stop loss protections;
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0012| (4) administrative simplification and a
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0013| continuum of coverage;
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0014| (5) graduated subsidies and potential revenue
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0015| sources for the subsidies;
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0016| (6) variable insurance products and choices;
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0017| and
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0018| (7) removal of costly insurance mandates;
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0019| C. identification of a mechanism for affordable
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0020| insurance access that defines the population to be served and
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0021| the responsibilities of the employee, employer and state; and
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0022| D. discovering any common ground that may exist
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0023| between insurance coverage and indigent fund coverage of
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0024| indigent and working poor persons; and
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0025| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recommendations of this
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0001| task force be presented to the appropriate interim legislative
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0002| committee no later than September 1, 1997; and
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0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0004| sent to the chairman of the New Mexico health policy
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0005| commission, the director of the association of counties, the
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0006| secretary of health and the superintendent of insurance.
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0007| - 4 - State of New Mexico
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0008| House of Representatives
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| March 4, 1997
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0017| Mr. Speaker:
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0019| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0020| whom has been referred
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0022| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 19
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0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0001| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0003| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman
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0012| Adopted Not Adopted
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0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| Date
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0018| The roll call vote was 5 For 2 Against
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0019| Yes: 5
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0020| No: Pearce, Wallace
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0021| Excused: Hobbs
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0022| Absent: None
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0025| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\HJ019 State of New Mexico
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0001| House of Representatives
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0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007| March 10, 1997
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0010| Mr. Speaker:
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0012| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0013| whom has been referred
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0015| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 19
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0001| Max Coll, Chairman
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0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0008| Date
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0010| The roll call vote was 8 For 4 Against
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0011| Yes: 8
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0012| No: Buffett, Marquardt, Pearce, Wallace
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0013| Excused: Bird, Knowles, Picraux, Salazar, Townsend
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0014| Absent: None
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0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023| March 18, 1997
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0025| Mr. President:
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0002| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0005| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 19
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0015| __________________________________
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0016| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0020| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0021| Adopted_______________________
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0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0025| Date ________________________
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0003| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0004| Yes: 6
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0005| No: 0
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0006| Excused: Adair, Boitano
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0007| Absent: None
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