0001|                           HOUSE MEMORIAL 9
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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|                             GARY K. KING
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT
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0012|     FIELD OFFICES TO SERVICE CITIZENS OF NEW MEXICO THROUGHOUT THE
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0013|     STATE.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, the legislature has appropriated money to
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0016|     maintain field offices by the various state agencies in order
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0017|     to provide services throughout the state, especially in rural
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0018|     areas where citizens may face special hardships in obtaining
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0019|     the services of state agencies; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, department of health services in particular
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0021|     directly affect citizens' health and welfare; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, proposals are before this legislature to reduce
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0023|     the level of service by eliminating department of health field
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0024|     offices; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, specifically, the department of health is
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0001|     proposing to close its offices in district 50, in Estancia and
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0002|     Moriarty; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, these offices are extremely important to Torrance
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0004|     county residents; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, if the offices in Torrance county are closed it
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0006|     will mean that the county loses the benefits of the drug-free
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0007|     program and the community emergency fund, which the department
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0008|     of health administers, and that the maternal and child health
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0009|     care grants will be affected;
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0010|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0011|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department
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0012|     of health be requested to maintain its field offices in
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0013|     Estancia and Moriarty and other rural areas of the state to
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0014|     optimize services to those citizens most needful of and
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0015|     benefited by them;
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0016|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0017|     transmitted to the secretary of health.
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0018|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0019|                      House of Representatives
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0020|   
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0021|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023|   
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0024|   
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0025|                                                  March 13, 1997
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0003|   Mr. Speaker:
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0004|   
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0005|        Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0006|   whom has been referred
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0007|   
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0008|                       HOUSE MEMORIAL 9
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0009|                               
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0010|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0012|   
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0013|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0019| <u>                                </u>                             Gary King, Chairman
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0022|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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<u></u>0023| <u>   </u>
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0024|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0003|   The roll call vote was<u> 6 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0004|   Yes:      6
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0005|             Excused:  Johnson, Rios, Sandel, Vigil
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0006|             Absent:   None
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