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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB22
that would create an Emergency Powers Code.
LFC Files
Responses
Received From
Department
of Health (DOH)
Health
Policy Commission (HPC)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Joint Memorial 30 requests the Department
of Health (DOH) with the assistance of the
Significant
Issues
All relevant public health statutes are not located within
one Act. HJM30 would enable interested
parties to find all relevant public health statutes in one place in the New
Mexico Statutes Annotated, similar to the existing Motor Vehicle Code,
Insurance Code the Criminal Code. Included
in the requirements is a clear delineation of authority and responsibility for
public health agencies for supporting modern disease control measures and to
incorporate due process safeguards.
HJM30 has been endorsed by Governor Richardson.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
This process would require significant investment of agency
time and resources, as a detailed review and analysis of existing public health
statutes and model public health acts would be required. Also, the cost of contracting with nationally
recognized consultants would be prohibitive unless additional funding was
provided. (Reference is made to “Technical Issues” and “Amendments” below).
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
This process would require significant investment of agency
time and resources, as a detailed review and analysis of existing public health
statutes and model public health acts would be required.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
The
DOH suggests that the requirement for nationally recognized consultants be deleted.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
All areas of public health practice and associated
legislation would need review, including: vital records and health statistics,
epidemiology and outbreak control, emergency preparedness and response,
immunizations and other infectious disease prevention and control, chronic
disease prevention and health promotion, family health, injury prevention,
emergency medical services and health systems development and monitoring. It would be important to include the Human
Services Department, the Children, Youth and Families Department and the Aging
and Long Term Care Department as “interested parties” described in the
bill.
As described by the
Centers for Disease Control CDC), core functions and essential services of the
public health system are:
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Assessment: Regular collection, analysis, interpretation
and communication of information about health conditions, risks, and assets in
a community.
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Policy Development: Development, implementation, and evaluation of
plans and policies, for public health in general and priority health needs in
particular, in a manner that incorporates scientific information and community
values.
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Assurance: Ensuring, by encouragement, regulation, or
direct action, that programs and interventions that maintain and improve health
are carried out.
The HPC states Chapter 24 Health and Safety, NMSA 1978
addresses at least 39 public health articles, which include components varying
from Rural Primary Health Care to Immunizations to Vital Records and Health
Statistics to Clean Indoor Air.
The Turning Point Model State Public Health
Act could affect many, if not all, of those articles.
AMENDMENTS
The
DOH requests an amendment stating that DOH would take the lead in this proposed
study, as the statutes involved directly affect the functioning of Department.
Page
2, line 15 delete the words “nationally recognized consultants”.
Page
2, line 6 - delete the word “national”.
Text should read “The Turning Point Public Health Statute Modernization
Collaborative,” which is the name of the collaborative, comprised of national
representation.
P.
3, Line 2, Change “Agency on Aging” to “Aging and Long Term Care Department”
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3, line 3, and add “University of
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