0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 15
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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|                         MARY JANE M. GARCIA
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0008|       FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CREATE A
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0012|     LEGISLATIVE CHILD-CARE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER CHILD-CARE
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0013|     NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
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0014|     FAMILIES PROGRAM.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, the United States congress adopted the Personal
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0017|     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, the need for child-care services of the families
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0019|     participating in the temporary assistance for needy families
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0020|     program are not known; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, the needs of children for safe and affordable
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0022|     child care are of permanent importance;
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0023|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0024|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council
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0025|     establish a child-care review committee consisting of
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0001|     legislators to consider the child-care needs of the temporary
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0002|     assistance for needy families program participants; and
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0003|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the child-care review
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0004|     committee report to the New Mexico legislative council its
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0005|     findings and recommendations by December 1, 1997; and
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0006|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0007|     transmitted to the secretaries of the human services department
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0008|     and children, youth and families department.
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