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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Rodriguez		DATE TYPED:	03/16/01		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Establish Task Force on Unemployment				SB	SJM 10/aHCPAC
					ANALYST:		Taylor

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SUMMARY

Synopsis of HCPAC Amendment

House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee amends SJM 10 by :

•Striking "advocacy organizations"from membership in the employment task force that will develop cooperative employment initiatives for persons with disabilities.
•Inserting in its place the "advisory council to the long-term care and restorative services division of the department of health known as the supported employment council, employer groups that advocate employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, providers of services to persons with disabilities and persons with disabilities who are seeking or receiving employment services and family members of those persons".

Synopsis of Senate Joint Memorial

Senate Joint Memorial 10 requests the New Mexico labor department to develop an employment task force to develop a cooperative employment initiative for persons with disabilities. The task force would be charged with identifying in a report the barriers, problems for persons with disabilities and recommending creation of a coordinated infrastructure to address the problem. The task force would report its findings to an appropriate interim committee before the next legislative session.

It resolves that the task force include representatives from the department of health, the division of vocational rehabilitation, the developmental disabilities planning council, the human services department, the governor's committee on the concerns of the handicapped, the commission for the blind, the commission for the deaf and hard of hearing, the state agency on aging, the Indian behavioral health council, the governor's mental health planning council, the social security administration and advocacy groups. Finally, the memorial resolves that the secretaries and the leaders of these departments and organizations be provided copies of the memorial.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

SJM 10 has no immediate fiscal impact on state resources. In the long-run, if the task force were successful in developing a program that resulted in more employment for this group, it should have a positive economic and fiscal impact for the state.

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