0001| SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0002| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 24 | 0003| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 1998 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0012| REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE | 0013| TO STUDY MASSAGE THERAPY AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH CARE | 0014| SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. | 0015| | 0016| WHEREAS, massage therapy is an integral part of | 0017| alternative medicine and is represented by approximately three | 0018| thousand licensed massage therapists; | 0019| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0020| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative health and human | 0021| services committee be requested to study massage therapy, the | 0022| level of training of massage therapists, methods of payment, | 0023| physicians' referrals, interactions with other primary care | 0024| providers, health clinics and hospitals and other related | 0025| federal and state laws relating to medicaid and medicare, and | - 1 -0001| report back to the first session of forty-fourth legislature; | 0002| and | 0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0004| transmitted to members of the legislative health and human | 0005| services committee. | 0006|  |