0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 15
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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|                           NICK L. SALAZAR
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP TO ESTABLISH
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0012|     A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE TO REVIEW THE LEVEL OF SERVICES
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0013|     PROVIDED BY THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT TO THE
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0014|     ADULT COMMUNITY IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND TO OVERSEE
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0015|     THE MANNER IN WHICH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
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0016|     
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0017|          WHEREAS, in 1989 the legislature recognized that some
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0018|     members of the adult population of the state were in need of
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0019|     services because they were unable to manage their own affairs
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0020|     or to protect themselves from exploitation, abuse or neglect;
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0021|     and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the Adult Protective Services Act was enacted to
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0023|     address the problems recognized by the legislature; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, the adult protective services program was moved
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0025|     administratively to the children, youth and families department
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0001|     in the early 1990s from the human services department; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, since that time the program has had twelve staff
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0003|     positions reassigned to perform duties not related to providing
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0004|     adult protective services; and 
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0005|          WHEREAS, providing adult protective services is evidently
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0006|     not a priority within the children, youth and families
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0007|     department;
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0008|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0009|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that a subcommittee
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0010|     of the house of representatives be appointed by the house
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0011|     leadership to review and assess the implementation of the Adult
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0012|     Protective Services Act; and
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the subcommittee be charged
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0014|     with reviewing the attendant care program and the adequacy of
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0015|     training received by the adult protective services workers;
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0016|     determining if the adult abuse prevention unit should be moved
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0017|     to the protective services division of the children, youth and
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0018|     families department; and assessing the progress of the
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0019|     children, youth and families department in improving facility
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0020|     investigations to ensure accurate and timely reporting of
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0021|     client exploitation, abuse and neglect at facilities in the
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0022|     state, the need for guardians for incapacitated adults and for
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0023|     cooperative efforts between and the adequacy of staffing of the
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0024|     department of health, the state agency on aging and the
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0025|     protective services division as those agencies provide services
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0001|     to adults and developmentally disabled individuals who are in
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0002|     need of protective services; and
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0003|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the subcommittee identify
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0004|     issues regarding the provision of protective services to adults
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0005|     that can be resolved by legislation and develop the necessary
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0006|     legislation to resolve those issues; and
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0007|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the subcommittee report at
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0008|     each future session of the legislature on its progress and the
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0009|     need to continue in its work; and 
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0010|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0011|     transmitted to the leadership of the house of representatives
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0012|     for their consideration and action.
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0013|                                                              State of New Mexico
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0014|                      House of Representatives
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0015|   
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0016|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020|                                                  March 17, 1997
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0023|   Mr. Speaker:
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0024|   
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0025|        Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0001|   whom has been referred
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0002|   
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0003|                      HOUSE MEMORIAL 15
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0005|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0007|   
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0008|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0014| <u>                                </u>                             Gary King, Chairman
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0019|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0023|   The roll call vote was<u> 6 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0024|                  Yes:      6    
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0025|             Excused:  Johnson, Rios, Sandel, Vigil
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0001|             Absent:   None
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