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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