HM 14 — PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CARE TASK FORCE

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 14REQUESTING 53RDTHE LEGISLATURENEW -MEXICO PEDIATRIC SOCIETY TO CONVENE A "PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CARE TASK FORCE" TO EXAMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY SERVICES IN THE STATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEW MEXICO -TO SECONDENSURE SESSIONTHAT ,THEY 2018HAVE INTRODUCEDACCESS BYTO DeborahCARE A.THAT IS INTEGRATED, EQUITABLE, EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE AND FAMILY-CENTERED.

ArmstrongWHEREAS, 6the 8United 10States Ahealth MEMORIALresources REQUESTINGand THEservices NEWadministration, MEXICOalso PEDIATRICknown SOCIETYas TO"HRSA", CONVENEreports Athat "PEDIATRICNew SPECIALTYMexico CAREhas TASKmore FORCE"than TOseventy EXAMINEthousand THEchildren AVAILABILITYwith OFspecial PEDIATRIChealth SPECIALTYcare SERVICESneeds; IN THE STATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEW MEXICO TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CARE THAT IS INTEGRATED, EQUITABLE, EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE e t 17 w l AND FAMILY-CENTERED.

nand d 18 = = 19 a l WHEREAS, thespecialty Unitedcare Statesfor healthchildren resourcesin and services i a e r 20 administration, also known as "HRSA", reports that New Mexico ais tcurrently mfragmented mbetween 21two haslarge moresystems, thanand seventypediatric thousandspecialists childrenare withdifficult specialto healthrecruit dand rretain; e 22 care needs;

and cWHEREAS, ethe spediatric kspecialists 23are WHEREAS,located specialtyalmost careexclusively for children in NewAlbuquerque Mexicoand isas esuch aare nnot baccessible 24to uthe [entire currently fragmented between two large systems, and pediatric specialistspopulation areof difficultthe tostate; recruit and retain;

and .209202.1 WHEREAS, the pediatric specialists are located almost exclusively in Albuquerque and as such are not accessible to the entire pediatric population of the state;

and WHEREAS, fifty-three percent of children in New Mexico are covered by medicaid or the children's health insurance HM 14 program, also known as "CHIP", and two of the four managed Page 1 care organizations currently providing services to medicaid and CHIP recipients are not contracted with the university of New Mexico children's hospital;

e e 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF e e n d 18 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico = = l ] 19 pediatric society be requested to convene a "pediatric a l r i 20 specialty care task force" to examine the availability of t e a t pediatric specialty services in the state and make m m 21 e d r e 22 recommendations for improving the system of medical care for c e r c 23 children in New Mexico to ensure that care is integrated, e a n b 24 equitable, efficient, cost-effective and family-centered;

and u [ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the pediatric specialty care .209202.1 - 2 - task force be requested to establish as its goals the following:

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and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the pediatric specialty care task force be requested to report its findings and recommendations to the legislative health and human services e e 17 committee and the legislative finance committee by December 1, e e n d 18 2018;

and = = l ] 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be a l r i 20 transmitted to the chair and vice chair of the legislative t e a t health and human services committee, the secretary of health, m m 21 e d r e 22 the secretary of human services, the executive director of the c e r c 23 New Mexico pediatric society, the chancellor for health e a n b 24 sciences of the university of New Mexico and the chief u [ executive officer of Presbyterian healthcare services.

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