March 1, 2001

Mr. Speaker:

Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 839

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On page 1, line 14, after "AMENDING" insert "AND ENACTING".

2. On page 1, line 15, after "1978" insert "; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION".

3. On page 8, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following new paragraph:

"(3) report each year to the health professional recruitment task force, created by the secretary of health, its recommendations both to the commission and to the New Mexico health services corps on the need for health professionals, underserved areas, high-needs populations and health personnel educational loan and contract recommendations;".

4. Renumber the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

5. On page 9, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new subsections:

"C. "dental hygienist" means an individual who has graduated and received a diploma from an accredited dental hygiene education program that provides a minimum of two academic years of dental hygiene curriculum and is accredited by the American dental association commission on dental accreditation;

D. "dentist" means an individual who has graduated and received a diploma from a dental college or school of dentistry of a university that is accredited by the American dental association commission on dental accreditation;".

6. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

7. On page 9, line 13, strike "or" and insert a comma, and on line 14 before the semicolon insert ", dentist or dental hygienist".

8. On page 11, after line 25, insert the following new section:

"Section 6. A new section of the Health Service Corps Act is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] HEALTH SERVICE CORPS FUND CREATED.--The "health service corps fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, earnings on investment of the fund and other money credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the department, and the money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the purposes of the Health Service Corps Act. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year but shall remain in the fund. The department may expend no more than ten percent of the money appropriated by the legislature to administer that act."",

and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Respectfully submitted,

Patsy Trujillo Knauer, Chairman

Adopted Not Adopted

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against

Yes: 7

Excused: Sanchez, Vigil

Absent: None

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