STATE News:
SANTA FE – The following legislative interim committees are meeting Sept. 5-8:
Sept. 5-6 @ 9 a.m. – Water and Natural Resources Committee (WNRC), Grant County Business and Conference Center, 3031 U.S. 180 E., Silver City
Agenda Items: Salt Cedar Eradication; Regional and State Water Plan Progress; Southwest New Mexico Ground Water Quality Issues; Proposed Transfer of Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park to the Department of Game and Fish; Carlsbad Brine Well Collapse Remediation and Implementation of Legislation.
Sept. 6 @ 9 a.m. – Agenda Items: Arizona Water Settlements Act Implementation, Budget and Issues: New Mexico Central Arizona Project (CAP) Entity Plans: Southwest Region Water Project Alternatives; CANCELED: Tour of Proposed Gila River Diversion
Sept. 5 @ 9:30 a.m. – Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee (TSROC), UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1201 Camino de Salud, Albuquerque
Agenda Items: Health Science Center TSROC Overview – Research, Genomics, Biocomputing and Environmental Health; Specialty Education in Trauma, Pediatrics: Instruction and General Purposes; Pediatric Oncology Program; UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center Update; NM Poison and Drug Information Center: E-Cigarette Research; Indian Affairs Department Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Programs; Public Comment
Sept. 6-7 @ 9 a.m. – Legislative Health & Human Services (LHHS), New Mexico State Veterans’ Home – Staff Development Building, 992 South Broadway, Truth or Consequences
Agenda Items: Status Report: New Mexico State Veterans’ Home; Challenges of Small Rural Hospitals; The Impact of Adverse Childhood Events on Child Development and Life Trajectory; Early Childhood Services; New Mexico E911 Directors Affiliate: Current Issues.
Sept. 7 @ 9 a.m. – Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM), Room 152, 3501 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces – Agenda Items: Welcome to BCOM and NMSU; Residency Programs in Rural New Mexico; Public Comment; Lunch and Tour of BCOM; New Mexico Hospital Association (NMHA) Update; Physician Recruitment and Retention
Sept. 6-8 @ 10 a.m. – Indian Affairs Committee (IOC), Akela Flats, 20885 Frontage Road, Exit 10, Interstate 10, Deming
Agenda Items: Fort Sill Apache Tribe: Status Update, Opportunities for Native American Veterans Provided by the U.S. Department of Defense; Update on Small Lending Industry and Regulation; Public Comment; Tour of Apache Petroglyphs.
Sept. 7 @ 10 a.m. – American Indian Student Center, Room 112, 2015 Andrew Wall Place, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces – Agenda Items: American Indian Program, NMSU: Status Update; Indian Resource Development Program; Update on Water Purification Technology and Implementation on the Navajo Nation; Water Resources Research Institute; Tribal Extension Program.
Sept. 8 @ 10 a.m., NMSU – Agenda Items: Indian Affairs Department (IAD) Report on the State-Tribal Collaboration Act and the Annual Summit; Report on Tribal Infrastructure; Update on the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sept. 7 @ 9 a.m. – Investments and Pensions Oversight Committee (IPOC), State Capitol, Room 22, Santa Fe
Agenda Items: Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) Quarterly Investment Report; Educational Retirement Board (ERB): Sustainability and Solvency; Retiree Health Care Authority (RHCA): Sustainability and Solvency; New Mexico Private Equity and Other Economically Targeted Investments in the Severance Tax Permanent Fund; TBD: Sun Mountain Capital; Investing in New Mexico: Needs, Opportunities and Benefits
Sept. 8 @ 9 a.m. – Behavioral Health Subcommittee (BHS) – Memorial Medical Center, Conference Rooms A & B, 2450 South Telshor BLVD., Las Cruces
Agenda Items: Southwest New Mexico Inmate Support Program (SNMISP) Update; Improving Behavioral Health Access; Dona Ana County Behavioral Health Update; New Mexico State University Behavioral Health Update; Public Comment
All interested persons are welcome and encouraged to attend any of the interim committee public meetings. For more information and detailed agendas, visit the legislative website at https:////www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/. All meetings held at the Capitol are webcast at https:////www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/webcast/default.aspx.
