2005 Session New Mexico Legislature
2005 Legislative Agenda (Organized around our Children's Agenda)
1. Children’s Cabinet
Putting the Cabinet in law not just executive order
2. Youth Development
After School and Out of School Programs
School based health center expansion
Suicide prevention
3. Education
Voluntary Pre-K
Physical Education
Nutrition in the Schools
4. Health Care Programs
Obesity programs: PE and Nutrition in the schools
Clean Air and Hazardous Waste
Immunization
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Soft Drink/Sugared Drink Tax (this is a health issue is it decreases consumption)
5. Health Care Access
Medicaid and Schip no cuts in benefits or eligibility
One year eligibility for pregnant women
One or two year eligibility for the first two years of life
6. Poverty Reduction
Medicaid support of rural hospitals and medical practices/UNM Children’s Hospital
“No wrong door” to services: link food stamps and Medicaid enrollment to state income tax filing
7. Behavioral Health
Home visitation/infant mental health
Memorial on development/behavioral health screening
School based Health Centers
Suicide Prevention
8. Child Protection
9. Juvenile Justice
After School and Out of School Programs
Governor’s Anti Gang Legislation
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