0001|                            HOUSE BILL 102
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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|                            JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0008|       FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE 
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO NURSING; EXTENDING THE REPORTING DEADLINE FOR THE
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0012|     MEDICATION AIDES PROGRAM.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 61-3-10.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995,
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0016|     Chapter 117, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0017|          "61-3-10.3.  MEDICATION AIDES.--
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0018|               A.  This section permits the operation of a trial
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0019|     program for certification of medication aides and medication
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0020|     aide training programs to serve income-eligible persons
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0021|     participating in the developmentally disabled medicaid waiver
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0022|     program.  The purpose of the trial program is to effectuate a
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0023|     cost-containment and efficient program for the administration
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0024|     of the medicaid program.  The trial program shall be evaluated
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0025|     by the board and a report of the results submitted to the first
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0001|     session of the <s>[forty-third]</s> <u>forty-fourth</u> legislature.  
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0002|               B.  The developmental disabilities division of the
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0003|     department of health shall, through contract or agreement,
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0004|     provide remuneration to developmental disabilities service
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0005|     providers and to medication aides for services rendered to
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0006|     medicaid waiver program participants.  Developmental
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0007|     disabilities service providers shall, through contract or
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0008|     agreement, provide remuneration to the board for administrative
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0009|     and other costs associated with oversight of the medication
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0010|     aide program.
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0011|               C.  For the purposes of this section, "medication
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0012|     aide" means a person who, under the supervision of a licensed
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0013|     nurse, is permitted to administer oral medications to
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0014|     participants in the developmentally disabled medicaid waiver
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0015|     program according to standards adopted by the board.
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0016|               D.  Medication aides who serve participants in the
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0017|     developmentally disabled medicaid waiver program shall make
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0018|     application and obtain training and certification as provided
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0019|     in Section 61-3-10.2 NMSA 1978 and shall be subject to all
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0020|     other regulations pertaining to medication aides as determined
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0021|     by the board."
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