0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 18
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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| MAX COLL
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0008| FOR THE HEALTH CARE REFORM COMMITTEE
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION TO WORK WITH
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0012| THE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT UNIFORM
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0013| DEFINITIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CHARITY CARE
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0014| FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM
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0015| ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS.
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0017| WHEREAS, hospitals and other health care facilities
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0018| provide uncompensated health care services; and
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0019| WHEREAS, no consistent method exists for defining and
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0020| identifying bad debts, charity care, discounts and allowances
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0021| and other forms of uncompensated care; and
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0022| WHEREAS, hospitals and other health care facilities
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0023| reportedly use a number of different policies and procedures
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0024| for collecting amounts owed; and
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0025| WHEREAS, inconsistent reporting of uncompensated care
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0001| limits the state's ability to assess objectively the amount of
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0002| health care services being provided for which no reimbursement
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0003| is available or received; and
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0004| WHEREAS, inconsistent measures do not permit accurate
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0005| assessment of the magnitude of cost-shifting or its potential
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0006| effect on health planning; and
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0007| WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the state to derive a
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0008| benefit in exchange for tax exemptions and deductions;
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0009| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0010| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico health policy
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0011| commission be requested to work with the taxation and revenue
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0012| department to adopt uniform definitions and standard measures
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0013| for uncompensated care and to require reporting of
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0014| uncompensated care to the state; and
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0015| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that cost shifting of health care
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0016| costs be uniformly tracked and reported and its impact on
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0017| health care delivery in the state be assessed; and
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0018| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that minimum levels of charity care
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0019| for hospitals and other health care facilities be proposed or
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0020| adopted to govern an entity's right to relevant tax exemptions
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0021| and deductions; and
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0022| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0023| sent to the secretary of taxation and revenue and the chairman
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0024| of the New Mexico health policy commission.
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0025| - 2 - State of New Mexico
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0001| House of Representatives
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0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0007| February 12, 1997
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0010| Mr. Speaker:
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0012| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0013| been referred
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0015| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 18
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0020| 1. On page 1, line 12, insert "THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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0021| AND" before "THE".
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0023| 2. On page 2, line 11, after the word "the" insert
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0024| "department of health and the".
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0001| 3. On page 2, line 23, after the first "of" insert health
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0002| and to the secretary of".,
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0004| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0005| COMMITTEE.
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0007| Respectfully submitted,
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0013| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman
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0016| Adopted Not Adopted
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0020| Date
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0022| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against
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0023| Yes: 11
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0024| Excused: Lovejoy, Parsons
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0025| Absent: None
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0004| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\HJ018 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| February 25, 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 JOINT MEMORIAL 18, 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.
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0023|
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0024| Respectfully submitted,
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0005| Max Coll, Chairman
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0008| Adopted Not Adopted
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0012| Date
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0014| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against
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0015| Yes: 11
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0016| Excused: Buffett, Heaton, Saavedra, Salazar, Taylor, JP, Varela
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0017| Absent: None
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0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0001| March 17, 1997
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0003| Mr. President:
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0005| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0008| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 18, as amended
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0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0013| Respectfully submitted,
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0018| __________________________________
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0019| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman
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0023| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0024| Adopted_______________________
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0004| Date ________________________
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0007| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0008| Yes: 7
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0009| No: 0
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0010| Excused: McSorley, Nava
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0011| Absent: None
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