March 15, 2001

 

SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 15

 

 

The Honorable Richard Romero and

Members of the Senate

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

 

Honorable President and Members of the Senate:

 

I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE BILL 641, as amended, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

 

This bill would exclude mental and behavioral health services from the state’s managed care program, Salud!.  The federal Health Care Finance Administration, acting under existing federal and state laws, recently approved the state’s decision to include these services in managed care.  I will continue to veto legislation that limits our state’s flexibility to provide well-managed, cost effective, and successful Medicaid services to New Mexico’s needy families.

 

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 Senate

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