HOUSE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 74
The Honorable Ben Lujan and
Members of the House of Representatives
Honorable Speaker and Members of the House:
I have this day VETOED and am returning HOUSE BILL
211, with certificate
enacted by the Forty-Fifth
Legislature, First Session, 2001.
This
bill would require the Human Services Department to exclude several programs
from the Salud! Medicaid managed care system
including intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, certain
in-home and community-based waiver services and some early intervention
services. This bill would severely restrict the flexibility of the Salud! Program and hamper its ability to offer options and
choices to its varied population. Salud! is an
effective program because it adapts and evolves by offering different health
care alternatives to different groups thereby ensuring that all eligible New
Mexico citizens can receive superior health care. Creating a law limiting
choices and options could turn a state-of-the-art program into a system that is
non-responsive and ill prepared to address the numerous problems that face our
citizens.
Sincerely,
Gary E. Johnson
Governor
RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR:
Time: _____________________ By:_____________________________
Secretary of State
Date ______________________
Time:______________________
Date_______________________ By:_____________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
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