0001|                            HOUSE BILL 402
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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|                           JAMES G. TAYLOR
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO IMMUNIZATIONS; AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE
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0012|     NMSA 1978 PERTAINING TO IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS AND FUNDING;
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0013|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 24-5-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1959,
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0017|     Chapter 329, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "24-5-1.  IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS.--The ~[health
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0019|     services]~ |public health| division of the ~[health and
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0020|     environment]~ department |of health| shall, after consultation
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0021|     with the state board of education, promulgate rules and
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0022|     regulations governing the immunization against diseases deemed
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0023|     to be dangerous to the public health, to be required of
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0024|     children attending public, private, home or parochial schools
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0025|     in the state.  The immunizations required and the manner and 
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0001|     frequency of their administration shall conform to
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0002|     ~[recognized standard medical practice in the state]~
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0003|     |recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization
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0004|     practices of the United States department of health and human
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0005|     services and the American academy of pediatrics|.  The
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0006|     ~[health services]~ |public health| division shall supervise
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0007|     and secure the enforcement of the required immunization
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0008|     program."
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0009|          Section 2.  Section 24-5-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1959,
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0010|     Chapter 329, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0011|          "24-5-5.  WHO MAY IMMUNIZE--WHO MUST PAY.--The
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0012|     immunization required |by Chapter 24, Article 5 NMSA 1978| may
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0013|     be done by any licensed physician or by someone under his
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0014|     direction.  If the parents are unable to pay, the immunization
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0015|     shall be provided by the ~[health services]~ |public health|
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0016|     division of the ~[health and environment]~ department |of
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0017|     health.|  |The department shall undertake every effort to
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0018|     obtain federal funding to implement the department's
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0019|     immunization program.|  No public health employee may receive
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0020|     any fee for immunization service if the service is compensated
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0021|     for by the ~[health services]~ |public health| division. 
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0022|     Local school boards may contribute toward the cost of
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0023|     materials and supplies for immunizations."
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0024|          Section 3.  APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0025|     ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0001|     department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for
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0002|     the purpose of hiring an ombudsman to assist local governments
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0003|     and public school districts to seek additional funding for and
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0004|     enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to the
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0005|     immunization of children.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0006|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert
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0007|     to the general fund.
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