0001| HOUSE BILL 1227
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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| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; REQUIRING COVERAGE UNDER MEDICAID FOR
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0012| PROFESSIONAL LICENSED COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST PRACTITIONERS;
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0013| ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is
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0017| enacted to read:
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0018| "[NEW MATERIAL] MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR LICENSED
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0019| PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST PRACTITIONERS.--The
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0020| medicaid program shall include coverage for the mental health
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0021| services offered by, and shall provide payments for mental
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0022| health services rendered to medicaid patients by, all licensed,
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0023| professional clinical mental health counselors, marriage and
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0024| family therapists, professional art therapists and professional
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0025| mental health counselors as these practitioners are defined in
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0001| the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act. None of these
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0002| practitioners shall be required to be supervised by other
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0003| health care providers in order to qualify for payment under the
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0004| medicaid program."
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0005| State of New Mexico
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0006| House of Representatives
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0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012| March 4, 1997
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0015| Mr. Speaker:
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0017| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0018| whom has been referred
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0020| HOUSE BILL 1227
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0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0025| 1. On page 1, line 20, strike "shall" and insert in lieu
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0001| thereof "may".
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0003| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0004| COMMITTEE.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0012| Gary King, Chairman
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0015| Adopted Not Adopted
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| Date
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0021| The roll call vote was 5 For 3 Against
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0022| Yes: 5
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0023| No: Crook, Dana, Johnson
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0024| Excused: Rios, Sandel
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0025| Absent: None
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0004| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1227 State of New Mexico
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0005| House of Representatives
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 10, 1997
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0014| Mr. Speaker:
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0016| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0017| whom has been referred
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0019| HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended
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0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0022| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0024| 1. Strike House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
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0025| Amendment 1.
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0002| 2. On page 2, line 1, before the period insert ", insofar
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0003| as those services are within the scope of their respective
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0004| licenses and are substantially equivalent to services rendered by
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0005| other medicaid providers".
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0007| Respectfully submitted,
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0013| Max Coll, Chairman
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0020| Date
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0022| The roll call vote was 9 For 8 Against
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0023| Yes: 9
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0024| No: Bird, Buffett, Heaton, Knowles, Marquardt, Pearce,
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0025| Townsend, Wallace
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0001| Excused: None
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0002| Absent: None
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION
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0011| March 12, 1997
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0014| HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1___ to HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended
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0016| Amendment sponsored by Representative John A. Heaton
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0019| 1. Strike House Appropriations and Finance Committee Amendment 1.
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0021| 2. On page 1, line 11, after the semicolon strike "REQUIRING" and
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0022| insert in lieu thereof "AUTHORIZING".
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0007| ___________________________
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0008| John A. Heaton
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0012| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted ___________________________
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0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| Date ________________ FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017| FIRST SESSION
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0020| March 14, 1997
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0023| HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___2___ to HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended
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0025| Amendment sponsored by Representative Judy Vanderstar Russell
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0022| Judy Vanderstar Russell
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 21, 1997
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0013| Mr. President:
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0015| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017| HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended
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0018|
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0020| that it DO PASS.
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0022| Respectfully submitted,
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0002| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0010| Date ________________________
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0013| The roll call vote was 4 For 1 Against
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0014| Yes: 4
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0015| No: Ingle
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0016| Excused: Adair, Garcia, Vernon, Rodarte
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0017| Absent: None
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