February 20, 2001

Mr. Speaker:

Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 238, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. Strike House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee Amendments 1 and 2.

2. On page 1, line 15, strike "; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY".

3. On page 6, line 5, strike "forty-five" and insert in lieu thereof "thirty".

4. On page 14, line 24, strike the first occurrence of "The" and insert in lieu thereof "Subject to the availability of state and federal funds, the".

5. On page 24, strike lines 16 through 20 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

"B. For the medicaid category designated as "JUL medicaid" by the department, the income eligibility criteria shall be the same as the income eligibility criteria set forth in the New Mexico Works Act."".

6. On page 24, strike Section 9 in its entirety.

Respectfully submitted,

Max Coll, Chairman

Adopted Not Adopted

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

The roll call vote was 14 For 0 Against

Yes: 14

Excused: Bratton, Mohorovic, Taylor, JP, Watchman

Absent: None

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