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Well being
By Susan Dunlap | 4 hours in the past
Matthew Reichbach
A invoice to codify College-Based mostly Well being Facilities into state statute handed the Home ground by a 40-25 vote Wednesday evening after hours of debate.
SB 397, sponsored by state Rep. Christine Trujillo, D-Albuquerque, heads to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s desk. The invoice doesn’t change something about College-Based mostly Well being Facilities which have already been in existence in New Mexico for the final 25 years.
There are 79 College-Based mostly Well being Facilities within the state and 54 of them are presently funded by the Division of Well being.
The invoice generated appreciable debate on the Home ground with Republicans expressing concern over the precise of younger individuals to consent to their very own healthcare. That’s current state legislation.
“If they’re beneath 14, the child has to have parental consent. Each clinic, whether or not they’re College-Based mostly Well being Facilities or not, they comply with the identical insurance policies. If they’re 14 or older, they don’t want the consent,” Trujillo stated.
State Rep. Jenifer Jones, R-Deming, requested if the state has ever been quick on funding for these clinics. Trujillo stated the state has and, in consequence, 5 College-Based mostly Well being Facilities closed six years in the past. They’ve by no means reopened, Trujillo stated.
Trujillo stated the explanation to codify the facilities now is because of a priority that the College-Based mostly Well being Facilities might be eradicated as a result of political whims.
State Rep. Jim Townsend, R-Artesia, requested if members of the group are in a position to entry the facilities. Trujillo stated some constitution faculties inside a group use a College-Based mostly Well being Heart. She stated members of the group whether it is authorized by the person college board.
Townsend additionally requested if college boards may choose out. Trujillo stated it’s as much as the college board to decide on whether or not to open and function a middle and, in the event that they do, which supplier they associate with and what companies that fall beneath main and behavioral healthcare they supply.