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A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE HUMAN SERVICES

DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE

EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING STATE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE

INSURANCE COVERAGE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.

WHEREAS, the governor has issued Executive Order 2007-49

requiring state contractors to offer comprehensive health

coverage to their New Mexico employees; and

WHEREAS, the department of health and the human services

department maintain contracts and provider agreements with

developmental delay and disability service providers to

provide needed supports to the state's most vulnerable

citizens; and

WHEREAS, the department of health, the human services

department and the legislature will need information on the

financial impact on these developmental delay and disability

service providers in their compliance with the requirement for

the provision of comprehensive health coverage to their

employees; and

WHEREAS, the cost of performing needed services to the

state by developmental delay and disability service providers

may be affected by the new requirement mandating the provision

of comprehensive health coverage through other sources;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department

of health and the human services department be requested to

conduct a joint study on the impact of Executive Order

2007-49, including its costs to the state and the consequences

of its implementation for developmental delay and disability

service providers with state contracts or provider agreements,

and to make a report of its findings to the appropriate

interim committee that reviews health and human services

issues, the legislative finance committee and the interim

revenue stabilization and tax policy committee by October

2008; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the secretary of health; the secretary of human

services; the chairs of the legislative health and human

services committee and the revenue stabilization and tax

policy committee; and the director of the legislative finance

committee.