0001| HOUSE BILL 1227 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; REQUIRING COVERAGE UNDER MEDICAID FOR | 0012| PROFESSIONAL LICENSED COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST PRACTITIONERS; | 0013| ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is | 0017| enacted to read: | 0018| "[NEW MATERIAL] MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR LICENSED | 0019| PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST PRACTITIONERS.--The | 0020| medicaid program shall include coverage for the mental health | 0021| services offered by, and shall provide payments for mental | 0022| health services rendered to medicaid patients by, all licensed, | 0023| professional clinical mental health counselors, marriage and | 0024| family therapists, professional art therapists and professional | 0025| mental health counselors as these practitioners are defined in | 0001| the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act. None of these | 0002| practitioners shall be required to be supervised by other | 0003| health care providers in order to qualify for payment under the | 0004| medicaid program." | 0005|  State of New Mexico | 0006| House of Representatives | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 4, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Mr. Speaker: | 0016| | 0017| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0018| whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE BILL 1227 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0024| | 0025| 1. On page 1, line 20, strike "shall" and insert in lieu | 0001| thereof "may". | 0002| | 0003| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0004| COMMITTEE. | 0005| | 0006| Respectfully submitted, | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Gary King, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted Not Adopted | 0016| | 0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0018| | 0019| Date | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 5 For 3 Against | 0022| Yes: 5 | 0023| No: Crook, Dana, Johnson | 0024| Excused: Rios, Sandel | 0025| Absent: None | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1227 State of New Mexico | 0005| House of Representatives | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| March 10, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Mr. Speaker: | 0015| | 0016| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0017| whom has been referred | 0018| | 0019| HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended | 0020| | 0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0022| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0023| | 0024| 1. Strike House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee | 0025| Amendment 1. | 0001| | 0002| 2. On page 2, line 1, before the period insert ", insofar | 0003| as those services are within the scope of their respective | 0004| licenses and are substantially equivalent to services rendered by | 0005| other medicaid providers". | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Max Coll, Chairman | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Adopted Not Adopted | 0017| | 0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0019| | 0020| Date | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 9 For 8 Against | 0023| Yes: 9 | 0024| No: Bird, Buffett, Heaton, Knowles, Marquardt, Pearce, | 0025| Townsend, Wallace | 0001| Excused: None | 0002| Absent: None | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| .118572.1 | 0006| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1227 | 0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0008| FIRST SESSION | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| March 12, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1___ to HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended | 0015| | 0016| Amendment sponsored by Representative John A. Heaton | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| 1. Strike House Appropriations and Finance Committee Amendment 1. | 0020| | 0021| 2. On page 1, line 11, after the semicolon strike "REQUIRING" and | 0022| insert in lieu thereof "AUTHORIZING". | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| ___________________________ | 0008| John A. Heaton | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted ___________________________ | 0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Date ________________ FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 14, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___2___ to HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended | 0024| | 0025| Amendment sponsored by Representative Judy Vanderstar Russell | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| 1. On page 1, line 24, strike ", professional art therapists". | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| ___________________________ | 0022| Judy Vanderstar Russell | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted ___________________________ | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Date ________________ | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| March 21, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| Mr. President: | 0014| | 0015| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0016| | 0017| HOUSE BILL 1227, as amended | 0018| | 0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0020| that it DO PASS. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| __________________________________ | 0002| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Date ________________________ | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| The roll call vote was 4 For 1 Against | 0014| Yes: 4 | 0015| No: Ingle | 0016| Excused: Adair, Garcia, Vernon, Rodarte | 0017| Absent: None | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| H1227PA1 |