April 8, 1999

The Honorable Manny M. Aragon and

Members of the Senate

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Honorable President and Members of the Senate:

I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE BILL 304, as amended, enacted by the Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Session, 1999.

This legislation proposes a new section be added to the Insurance Code requiring every managed health care plan provider, either directly or through the employer, to notify persons as to the availability of chiropractic services. Equally objectionable, this legislation establishes a
"non-allopathic care task force" to advise the Department of Health. Neither the managed care industry nor the department require this legislation to deliver efficient and effective health care services.

Sincerely,

Gary E. Johnson

Governor