0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 26
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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|                     ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS
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0009|     FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0010|     
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING A CONTINUING COLLABORATION AMONG VARIOUS SOCIAL
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0013|     SERVICES AGENCIES AND ENTITIES TO ENSURE CONTINUED SERVICES FOR
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0014|     PUBLICLY ASSISTED PERSONS NOW RESIDING IN LONG-TERM CARE
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0015|     FACILITIES.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, approximately seventy percent of the individuals
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0018|     in long-term care facilities are receiving public assistance;
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0019|     and
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0020|       WHEREAS, congressional revenue reductions may drastically
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0021|     affect this population and the facilities offering long-term
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0022|     care; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, several state agencies, departments and divisions,
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0024|     as well as many private entities, including ad hoc
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0025|     organizations, have in the past year participated in various
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0001|     studies focused on different aspects of long-term care, both
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0002|     inside and outside institutions; and
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0003|       WHEREAS, it is clear that continued and increased
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0004|     collaboration will be of great benefit to the identified
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0005|     population; and
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0006|       WHEREAS, the promise of giving regulatory and funding
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0007|     decision responsibility to the states is a long-sought
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0008|     opportunity to create a service delivery system based on the
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0009|     needs of individuals, not on federal reporting and reprisal
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0010|     concerns; and
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0011|       WHEREAS, this opportunity can lift New Mexico to the
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0012|     forefront of compassionate and responsible public care-giving;
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0013|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0014|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that a continuing collaborative effort on
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0015|     the part of all these entities be led by the human services
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0016|     department, aimed at ensuring a continuation of services for
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0017|     individuals at risk of loss of services, including various
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0018|     levels of institutional, community and in-home care; and
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0019|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that representation from the
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0020|     appropriate divisions of the department of health, the human
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0021|     services department, the medicaid advisory group, the children,
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0022|     youth and families department, the New Mexico health policy
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0023|     commission, the state agency on aging, the New Mexico office of
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0024|     Indian affairs, the attorney general's office, consumer, 
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0025|     continuum and advocacy groups and professional and provider
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0001|     groups and associations, including organizations and groups
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0002|     representing private funding sources, be included in this
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0003|     collaborative group; and
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0004|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the results of this
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0005|     collaborative effort be presented by the human services
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0006|     department to the health care task force and to the interim
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0007|     legislative health and human services committee at their
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0008|     respective September 1996 meetings; and
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0009|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be sent
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0010|     to all the entities named and that the human services department
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0011|     invite all other appropriate entities to participate.
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