0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 20
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND
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0003| SESSION, 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| DANICE R. PICRAUX
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0009| FOR THE HEALTH CARE TASK FORCE
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0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012| REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION, IN
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0013| COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE HUMAN SERVICES
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0014| DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, TO STUDY AND PROPOSE
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0015| OPTIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BY BETTER USE OF PUBLIC
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0016| AND PRIVATE FUNDS.
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0017|
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0018| WHEREAS, Section 9-7-11.1 NMSA 1978 states that it is the
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0019| policy of the state of New Mexico to promote optimal health, to
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0020| improve the quality of life and to assure that basic health
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0021| services are available, accessible, acceptable and culturally
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0022| appropriate, regardless of financial status; and
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0023| WHEREAS, although New Mexico has made progress to decrease
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0024| the number of uninsured residents, the rate of New Mexico's
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0025| uninsured residents still averages approximately twenty percent;
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0001| and
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0002| WHEREAS, New Mexico is reportedly still among the three
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0003| states in the country with the highest percentage of uninsured
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0004| residents; and
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0005| WHEREAS, two-thirds of uninsured New Mexicans are working
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0006| people and their families; and
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0007| WHEREAS, children in New Mexico under age eighteen comprise
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0008| thirty-six percent of the state's uninsured; and
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0009| WHEREAS, despite the New Mexico legislature's expansion of
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0010| medicaid eligibility for children at up to one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level and the creation of
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0011| the New Mexico health insurance alliance, the uninsured rate in
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0012| New Mexico still remains high; and
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0013| WHEREAS, New Mexico's health care delivery system is
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0014| considered a regional system in that the natural delivery areas
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0015| cross county and municipality boundaries; and
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0016| WHEREAS, pending constraints in federal funding and
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0017| potential federal block granting of the welfare and medicaid
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0018| programs, combined with the current decline in predicted state
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0019| revenues, warrant a reassessment of how the state can best
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0020| expand access to health care for New Mexicans and decrease the
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0021| uninsured rate; and
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0022| WHEREAS, pending federal and state revenue constraints
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0023| warrant a reexamination of financing health care delivery in New
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0024| Mexico and studying how the state can continue to decrease the
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0025| number of uninsured New Mexicans and obtain the best value for
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0001| existing health care funds;
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0002| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0003| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico health policy
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0004| commission, in cooperation with the department of health, the
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0005| human services department and the department of insurance, study
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0006| and propose options to improve access to comprehensive health
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0007| care by better use of existing public and private funds. The
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0008| options shall include a study of:
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0009| A. what financial resources are utilized from
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0010| federal, state and local governments to provide health care and
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0011| how those resources can be realigned to improve the efficiency
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0012| and effectiveness of health care financing and delivery and
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0013| health-related functions;
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0014| B. publicly funded insurance programs in the state
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0015| and how restructuring the programs can increase the value of the
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0016| money spent to insure the individuals participating in the
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0017| programs, enhance the quality of health care delivery and
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0018| improve access to health care insurance for a larger New Mexico
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0019| population;
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0020| C. the roles and responsibilities of the private
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0021| sector and state and local government entities providing health
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0022| care to determine the optimal administrative and operational
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0023| structure to accomplish an efficient state, regional and local
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0024| distribution of health care financing and services, including
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0025| providing catastrophic health care coverage;
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0001| D. the development of mechanisms to inform the
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0002| consumer on health insurance purchasing options and choices,
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0003| including specifications for the consumer about cost, quality
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0004| and consumer preference; and
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0005| E. how private health care dollars can be used to
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0006| leverage public health care dollars to provide more health care
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0007| services for the uninsured; and
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0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico health policy
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0009| commission initiate the appropriate approach for public
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0010| solicitation that involves advocates, health care providers and
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0011| consumers in a community meeting process to seek consensus on
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0012| how to guide health care spending, allocation and benefits
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0013| decisions as those decisions relate to the study and proposed
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0014| options to improve access to comprehensive health care by better
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0015| use of existing public and private funds; and
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0016| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico health policy
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0017| commission seek input in its study from the risk management
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0018| division of the general services department, the public school
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0019| insurance authority, the retiree health care authority, the New
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0020| Mexico association of counties, the New Mexico municipal league
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0021| and the private sector; and
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0022| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico health policy
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0023| commission report and make recommendations to the appropriate
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0024| interim legislative committee by October 15, 1996 on a new
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0025| health care financing system for New Mexico to continue to
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0001| improve access to health care by better use of existing public
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0002| and private funds; and
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0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be sent
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0004| to the executive director of the New Mexico health policy
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0005| commission, the secretary of health, the secretary of human
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0006| services and the superintendent of insurance.
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0007| - 5 - State of New Mexico
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0008| House of Representatives
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0010| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0011| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0013| January 25, 1996
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0016| Mr. Speaker:
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0017|
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0018| Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to
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0019| whom has been referred
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0021| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 20
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0022|
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0023| has had it under consideration and finds same to be
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0024| GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions.
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0025|
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0006| Barbara A. Perea Casey,
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0007| Chairperson
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0010| Adopted Not Adopted
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date
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0016| The roll call vote was 9 For 1 Against
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0017| Yes: 9
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0018| No: Nicely
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0019| Excused: Luna, Pederson, Rodella, R. G. Sanchez, J. G. Taylor
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0020| Absent: None
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0021|
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0022| HJ020RC1 State of New Mexico
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0023| House of Representatives
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0024|
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0025| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0001| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0004| February 6, 1996
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0007| Mr. Speaker:
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0009| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0010| been referred
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0011|
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0012| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 20
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0013|
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0016| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0017|
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0018| Respectfully submitted,
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0022|
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0023| Fred Luna, Chairman
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0001| Adopted Not Adopted
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0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date
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0007| The roll call vote was 10 For 1 Against
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0008| Yes: 10
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0009| No: Alwin
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0010| Excused: None
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0011| Absent: Varela
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0016| HJ020BI1 State of New Mexico
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0017| House of Representatives
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0019| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0020| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0023| February 8, 1996
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0001| Mr. Speaker:
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0003| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0004| whom has been referred
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0006| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 20
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0011| Respectfully submitted,
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0016| Max Coll, Chairman
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0019| Adopted Not Adopted
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0020|
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0023| Date
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0025| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 10
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0002| Excused: Bird, Buffett, Coll, Gentry, Martinez, Salazar, Varela,
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0003| Watchman
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0004| Absent: none
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0008| HJ020AF1
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