0001| HOUSE BILL 981 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| SHERYL M. WILLIAMS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES; AMENDING THE RESIDENT ABUSE AND | 0012| NEGLECT ACT TO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPORTING; MAKING IT A CRIME | 0013| TO OBSTRUCT, IMPEDE OR INTERFERE WITH THE REPORTING OF ABUSE, | 0014| NEGLECT OR EXPLOITATION. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 30-47-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990, | 0018| Chapter 55, Section 9) is amended to read: | 0019| "30-47-9. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS--FAILURE TO REPORT-- | 0020| CRIME CREATED--CRIMINAL PENALTY--DISCRIMINATION OR RETALIATION | 0021| FOR FILING A REPORT PROHIBITED.-- | 0022| A. Any person paid in whole or part for providing | 0023| to a resident any treatment, care, good, service or medication | 0024| who has reasonable cause to believe that the resident has been | 0025| abused, neglected or exploited shall, immediately upon | 0001| discovery, report the abuse, neglect or exploitation in | 0002| accordance with the provisions of Section 27-7-30 NMSA 1978. | 0003| B. Any person required to make a report pursuant to | 0004| Subsection A of this section who fails to do so, or who | 0005| obstructs, impedes or interferes with the reporting of the | 0006| abuse, neglect or exploitation required by Subsection A of this | 0007| section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall | 0008| be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of | 0009| Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978. For the purposes of this | 0010| subsection, "interferes" includes when a person undertakes an | 0011| investigation of the person's own alleged abuse, neglect or | 0012| exploitation without first reporting that alleged abuse, | 0013| neglect or exploitation to the department or other appropriate | 0014| agency as required under the provisions of the Resident Abuse | 0015| and Neglect Act. | 0016| C. In addition to those persons required to report | 0017| pursuant to Subsection A of this section, any other person | 0018| shall make a report, immediately upon discovery, if the | 0019| person has reasonable cause to believe that a patient or resi- | 0020| | 0021| dent of a facility has been abused, neglected or exploited. | 0022| D. Any person making a report pursuant to | 0023| Subsection C of this section shall not be liable in any civil | 0024| or criminal action based on the report if it was made in good | 0025| faith. | 0001| E. No facility shall, without just cause, discharge | 0002| or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any person | 0003| who in good faith makes a report required or permitted by the | 0004| Resident Abuse and Neglect Act or who testifies or is about | 0005| to testify in any proceeding about the abuse, neglect or | 0006| exploitation of a resident in that facility. For the purposes | 0007| of this section, "retaliate" includes transferring to another | 0008| facility, without just cause, over the objection of the | 0009| resident or the resident's guardian, any resident who has re- | 0010| | 0011| ported an incident pursuant to this section." | 0012| State of New Mexico | 0013| House of Representatives | 0014| | 0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| March 5, 1997 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Mr. Speaker: | 0023| | 0024| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| HOUSE BILL 981 | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0004| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0005| | 0006| 1. On page 2, line 15, after the period insert: | 0007| | 0008| "Interference under this section shall not include efforts by | 0009| facilities or individuals to establish whether there is | 0010| reasonable cause to believe that there is resident abuse, neglect | 0011| or exploitation."., | 0012| | 0013| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0014| COMMITTEE. | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted Not Adopted | 0001| | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| Date | 0005| | 0006| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0007| Yes: 8 | 0008| Excused: Alwin, King, Larranaga, Rios, Sanchez | 0009| Absent: None | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| .118252.1 | 0013| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0981 State of New Mexico | 0014| House of Representatives | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 10, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Mr. Speaker: | 0024| | 0025| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0001| whom has been referred | 0002| | 0003| HOUSE BILL 981, as amended | 0004| | 0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0006| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0007| | 0008| 1. On page 2, line 11, strike "person's own". | 0009| | 0010| 2. On page 2, line 11, after "exploitation" insert "within | 0011| the person's operation and control". | 0012| | 0013| Respectfully submitted, | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Max Coll, Chairman | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Adopted Not Adopted | 0023| | 0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0025| | 0001| Date | 0002| | 0003| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0004| Yes: 10 | 0005| Excused: Coll, Garcia,M.H., Knowles, Marquardt, Picraux, | 0006| Salazar, Townsend, | 0007| Absent: None | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| .118480.1 | 0011| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0981 | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| March 19, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| Mr. President: | 0020| | 0021| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 981, as amended | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0002| | 0003| Respectfully submitted, | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| __________________________________ | 0009| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0014| Adopted_______________________ | 0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Date ________________________ | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0023| Yes: 5 | 0024| No: 0 | 0025| Excused: Sanchez, Tsosie, Vernon | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| H0981JU1 |