SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Friday, January 27, legislators are looking astatine bills addressing cardinal needs crossed New Mexico. Some of the absorbing bills up for statement see 1 that would grow healthcare sum for diabetic New Mexicans and 1 that would effort to chopped down connected retail crimes.
Improving diabetic resources
This morning, legislators successful the House Health & Human Services Committee volition see a measure aimed astatine expanding security benefits to diabetic individuals. House Bill 53, sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson (D-Abq.), would grow the types of radical wellness security providers that are required to screen diabetic medicine.
The measure adds to the existing Health Care Purchasing Act, which guides requirements for security for nationalist employees, retired nationalist workers, and nationalist schoolhouse staff. The changes besides springiness the state’s Office of Superintendent of Insurance the powerfulness to show security companies and enforce rules nether the bill.
Addressing retail crimes
Legislators volition besides see House Bill 55. The measure was introduced by Republican Representatives William “Bill” R. Rehm (Abq.), Joshua N. Hernandez (Rio Rancho), Randall T. Pettigrew (Lovington & Hobbs), Stefani Lord (Tijeras & Edgewood), and Andrea Reeb (Clovis).
The thought down the measure is to chopped down connected what’s being called “organized retail crime.” Rep. Rehm explains it this way: “They’re organized successful that they [the thieves] enactment arsenic a squad to spell in, deed 1 store, determination the items into their car, and past spell to the adjacent store and different subordinate comes successful and steals the items, and they conscionable repetition this activity.”
According to Rehm, that benignant of behavior hurts some the stores and New Mexicans. When items are stolen, retailers often person to rise prices oregon fastener up items, helium explains. “When you spell successful now, what you spot is they fastener up high-dollar oregon high-theft items,” helium says. “And past you, arsenic an honorable person, person to spell find idiosyncratic to spell and get into that case.”
To halt this benignant of crime, the bill would fundamentally let prosecutors to not lone complaint accused thieves with each idiosyncratic theft, but to complaint them with an aggregate full worth of the items stolen. Because theft charges are often based connected the worth of the items stolen, the measure would let for harsher penalties for repeat, organized thieves. For much details connected however the measure works, cheque retired this KRQE News 13 story.
In lawsuit you missed it: Mariachi hallway of fame
Among the caller debates over weapon bills, tough-on-crime legislation, and talk of taxation rebates, it’s casual to place the much lighthearted legislation. But legislators bash sponsor memorials that purpose to observe New Mexico culture.
One of those was introduced by, Sen. Michael Padilla (D-Abq.). Padilla is pushing for the constitution of a Mariachi Music Hall of Fame.
There’s already a virtual hallway of fame tally by nonprofit, Mariachi Spectacular. But Padilla wants Albuquerque and Bernalillo County to enactment unneurotic to enactment a carnal hallway of fame.
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