[LWVNM Action] Paid Family Medical Leave is health care and behavioral health-HB11 highlighted-

[Judy Williams]

One is a leave policy; the other is health insurance and related coverage
of care.  Judy

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM Meredith Machen via Action <
action at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Attached is a highlighted copy of HB 11 Paid Family Medical Leave-Chandler
> showing that it most certainly fits into LWVNM's Health Care legislative
> priority, covered by our Health Care position.
> Health Care(Adopted 1991; revised 1993, 2005, 2007, 2017, 2019)
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> The League of Women Voters of New Mexico supports a health care system
> that provides a comprehensive level of health care for New Mexico residents
> and recognizes the need for efficient management of health care costs.
>
> The League of Women Voters of New Mexico believes that public policy in a
> pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right of privacy of the
> individual to make reproductive choices.
>
> Every New Mexico resident should have a comprehensive level of health
> care. The League favors a national health insurance plan, but until one is
> in place, the League supports expansion of state and federal plans.
> (Revised and adopted 2005.)
>
> *LWVNM believes that any health system implemented should have the
> following:*
>
>    1. *Quality health coverage for all New Mexicans: Every New Mexican
>    should have full health care coverage, a benefit package that is at least
>    equal to the best plan offered to state employees, and access to the
>    services covered.* *Participation should be mandatory. Pre-existing
>    conditions should not be excluded from coverage.*
>    2. *“Seamless” coverage and continuity of care, to the extent
>    possible, regardless of changes in life circumstances such as change in
>    employment, marital status, financial status, or health status.*
>    3. Effective cost management: Cost management should increase the
>    health care benefits that accrue to patients from any given level of
>    spending. Cost and pricing data from private and government sources should
>    be transparent.
>    4. Improvement of health care quality and safety: A comprehensive
>    effort to improve the quality and safety of health care in New Mexico
>    should be launched and sustained, with dramatically increased public
>    funding.
>    5. Equitable funding: Reform should seek to reduce or eliminate
>    cost-shifting across categories of insurance programs and payers, both
>    public and private, and to make the distribution of financial burdens more
>    equitable. Billing should be comprehensible and transparent.
>    6. No one should be forced into poverty because of medical needs.
>    (Adopted 2017.)
>    7. Simplified administration: Reform should include the development of
>    standardized forms, minimization of complicated co-pays/deductibles, and
>    assurances of timely payment to providers. (Adopted 2007.)
>
> Death with Dignity(Adopted 2017)
>
> The League of Women Voters of New Mexico:
>
>    1. believes state laws should grant the option for terminally ill
>    people to request medical assistance from a licensed physician to end their
>    lives;
>    2. believes such legislation should provide safeguards against abuse
>    for the dying and/or medical personnel.
>
> Mental Health(Adopted 2013)
>
> The League of Women Voters of New Mexico (LWVNM) expects state and local
> governments to support an adequately funded mental health care system that
> provides comprehensive services to the acutely, chronically and seriously
> mentally ill of all ages; maintains optimal mental health services for all
> clients; places emphasis on meeting the needs of children; offers mental
> health services for the homeless; seeks additional funds for preventive
> services; implements a master plan to integrate services; raises awareness
> of critical unmet needs; and emphasizes case management.
>
> LWVNM specifically supports
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>    1. Adequately funded mental health care systems that
>       1. provide comprehensive services to the acutely, chronically and
>       seriously mentally ill of all ages;
>       2. place emphasis on meeting the needs of children;
>       3. seek additional funds to provide preventive services;
>       4. offer mental health services for the homeless;
>       5. maintain optimum mental health services for all clients.
>    2. Implementation of a master plan that
>       1. ensures that there will be a network of integrated services,
>       clearly defined and consistent with a community support model;
>       2. *advocates an awareness of and concern about the critical unmet
>       needs;*
>       3. emphasizes case management that includes assistance with
>       housing, financial entitlements, rehabilitative and vocational programs.
>    3. Centers for the seriously and chronically mentally ill apart from
>    the county system.
>    4. Regulations that provide an adequate length of time for evaluation
>    and treatment of involuntary holds.
>    5. Model mandatory outpatient care programs with adequate supervisory
>    staff.
>
> Reproductive Health(Adopted 2019)
>
> The League of Women Voters of New Mexico supports every woman’s right to
> access affordable, high-quality reproductive health care, including access
> to abortion services and birth control.
>
> LWVNM supports:
>
>    - reproductive rights — including access to abortion — as a health
>    care issue decided by a woman and her health care provider
>    - birth control as well as access to publicly funded family planning
>    services.
>
> LWVNM opposes:
>
>    - statutory and regulatory restrictions on birth control and/or
>    abortion.
>
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> *U.S. Department of Labor has further clarified definitions through
> regulation:• Inpatient care is defined as an overnight stay in a hospital,
> hospice, or residential medical carefacility, including any period of
> incapacity or any subsequent treatment in connection with suchinpatient
> care.• Continuing treatment is defined as a period of incapacity of more
> than three consecutive calendardays and any subsequent treatment of
> incapacity relating to the same condition than involveso Treatment two or
> more times by a health care provider; or,o Treatment by a health care
> provider on at least one occasion which results in a regimen ofcontinuing
> treatmento Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy or for prenatal careo
> Any period of incapacity or treatment for incapacity due to a chronic
> serious health conditiono A period of incapacity which is permanent or
> long-term due to a condition for which treatment maynot be effective (e.g.,
> Alzheimer's, terminal stages of a disease)*
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> Meredith Machen
> meredith.machen at gmail.com
> 505 577-6337
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