FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION, 2015
March 12, 2015
Mr. Speaker:
Your HEALTH COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
HOUSE BILL 349
has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
1. On page 4, lines 15 through 18, strike Subsection I in its entirety.
2. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
3. On page 6, strike lines 1 through 15 in their entirety.
4. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
5. On page 7, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following new subsections:
"R. "federally qualified health center" means a health facility that:
(1) receives grants pursuant to Section 330 of the federal Public Health Service Act;
(2) serves an area or population underserved by health care services;
(3) offers a sliding fee scale;
(4) provides comprehensive health care services;
(5) has an ongoing quality assurance program; and
(6) has a governing board of directors;
S. "federally qualified health center "look-alike" facility" means a health facility that does not receive grant funding pursuant to Section 330 of the federal Public Health Service Act and:
(1) serves an area or population underserved by health care services;
(2) offers a sliding fee scale;
(3) provides comprehensive health care services;
(4) has an ongoing quality assurance program; and
(5) has a governing board of directors;".
6. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
7. On page 16, line 12, after the semicolon, insert "and".
8. On page 16, lines 13 and 14, strike Paragraph (3) in its entirety.
9. Renumber the succeeding paragraph accordingly.
10. On page 16, line 15, strike "two" and insert in lieu thereof "three".
11. On page 16, line 22, through page 17, line 9, strike Subsections C, D and E in their entirety.
12. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
13. On page 32, line 21, through page 33, line 6, strike Subsections D and E in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:
"D. A dental therapist shall practice only in a federally qualified health center; a federally qualified health center "look-alike" facility; a school-based health center or clinic; a health facility operated by the federal Indian health service; a health facility operated by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo and established pursuant to the federal Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; a nonprofit dental clinic; a mobile dental clinic; a health care facility owned and operated by the federal or state government or by a local government; a practice that is a sole proprietorship that serves a patient population of which at least twenty-five percent is composed of medicaid recipients; or a county with a population of less than fifty thousand individuals as of the last federal decennial census.".
14. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
15. On page 34, line 17, after "curriculum", strike the remainder of the line, strike line 18 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof "and that is accredited by the commission on dental accreditation;".
16. On page 38, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following new section:
"SECTION 14. A new section of the Dental Health Care Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH--DENTAL THERAPY OUTCOME ANALYSIS AND REPORTING.--The department of health shall produce an outcome report on dental therapist practice in New Mexico five years after the graduation of the first graduating class of dental therapists in New Mexico."".
17. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.
18. On page 59, lines 3 through 17, strike Subsection C in its entirety.
19. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
20. On page 62, line 19, strike "or two dental therapy representatives".
Respectfully submitted,
Terry H. McMillan, Chairman
Adopted Not Adopted
(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
Date
The roll call vote was 5 For 4 Against
Yes: 5
No: McMillan, Nuñez, Tripp, Zimmerman
Excused: Salazar, N.
Absent: None
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