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HOUSE MEMORIAL 47
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Miguel P. Garcia
A MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO GATHER AND TRACK
MORE AGGREGATE INFORMATION ON PERSONS WHO APPLY FOR PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE.
WHEREAS, the legislative health and human services
committee regularly requires additional information on the
working poor in New Mexico; and
WHEREAS, understanding the needs of and the services now
available to medicaid recipients and temporary assistance for
needy families recipients will help the legislature plan for
the future; and
WHEREAS, recognizing that people who have jobs may still
require public assistance due to the limitations of their
salaries and benefits could help legislators tailor state
benefits to the actual needs of public assistance clients; and
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WHEREAS, collecting information on the employers of
persons on public assistance could help policymakers as they
make decisions on future benefits, services and opportunities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the human
services department be requested to change its application
forms for public assistance to include information about the
current employment of medicaid applicants and temporary
assistance for needy families applicants, the applicants'
dependents and fellow household members; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that information collected include
the name of the employer of the applicant and the name of the
city in which the applicant works; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of human
services report annually to the interim legislative health and
human services committee on the employers listed on fifty or
more applications for public assistance, the name of any
employer listed fifty or more times in a single year and the
number of times the employer was listed by applicants; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report contain no
personally identifiable information about the applicant, the
applicant's dependents or fellow household members; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the governor and to the secretary of human
services.