0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 74
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          TERRY T. MARQUARDT
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE HUMAN SERVICES
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0012|     DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AN AGREEMENT WITH A STATE DENTAL
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0013|     ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE DENTAL SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
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0014|     PHYSICAL, MEDICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, the New Mexico dental association is working to
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0017|     develop a donated dental services program through which
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0018|     volunteer dentists will provide comprehensive dental care for
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0019|     needy disabled, aged and medically limited individuals; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, the New Mexico dental association's 1997 survey
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0021|     found clear evidence of the need for expanded dental care for
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0022|     this target population; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the department of health, in cooperation with
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0024|     the human services department, has plans to establish a
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0025|     statewide coordinated network of oral health care providers to
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0001|     assist with the availability of comprehensive, quality dental
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0002|     care for persons with developmental disabilities; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, the foundation of dentistry for the handicapped,
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0004|     an affiliate of the American dental association, was
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0005|     established twenty-five years ago to ensure availability of
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0006|     oral health care for persons with physical, medical and mental
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0007|     disabilities and has assisted more than twenty states in
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0008|     establishing such programs;
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0009|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0010|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of health, with
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0011|     assistance from the human services department, the national
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0012|     foundation of dentistry for the handicapped and the New Mexico
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0013|     dental association, develop a program to provide dental
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0014|     services to New Mexico citizens with physical, medical and
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0015|     mental disabilities; and
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0016|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0017|     sent to the secretary of health for appropriate distribution.
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