0001| HOUSE BILL 102
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO NURSING; EXTENDING THE REPORTING DEADLINE FOR THE
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0012| MEDICATION AIDES PROGRAM.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 61-3-10.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995,
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0016| Chapter 117, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0017| "61-3-10.3. MEDICATION AIDES.--
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0018| A. This section permits the operation of a trial
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0019| program for certification of medication aides and medication
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0020| aide training programs to serve income-eligible persons
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0021| participating in the developmentally disabled medicaid waiver
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0022| program. The purpose of the trial program is to effectuate a
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0023| cost-containment and efficient program for the administration
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0024| of the medicaid program. The trial program shall be evaluated
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0025| by the board and a report of the results submitted to the first
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0001| session of the [forty-third] forty-fourth legislature.
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0002| B. The developmental disabilities division of the
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0003| department of health shall, through contract or agreement,
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0004| provide remuneration to developmental disabilities service
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0005| providers and to medication aides for services rendered to
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0006| medicaid waiver program participants. Developmental
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0007| disabilities service providers shall, through contract or
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0008| agreement, provide remuneration to the board for administrative
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0009| and other costs associated with oversight of the medication
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0010| aide program.
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0011| C. For the purposes of this section, "medication
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0012| aide" means a person who, under the supervision of a licensed
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0013| nurse, is permitted to administer oral medications to
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0014| participants in the developmentally disabled medicaid waiver
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0015| program according to standards adopted by the board.
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0016| D. Medication aides who serve participants in the
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0017| developmentally disabled medicaid waiver program shall make
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0018| application and obtain training and certification as provided
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0019| in Section 61-3-10.2 NMSA 1978 and shall be subject to all
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0020| other regulations pertaining to medication aides as determined
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0021| by the board."
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