2014 HB 343 Community Health Study Fund

CVNM Position:

Support

Priority:

CVNM Priority Vote

Year:

2014

Sponsors:

Georgene Louis

Topics:

Environmental Justice

Legislative Info:

HB 343 on nmlegis.gov »

Description

Pollution, like legacy waste sites from uranium mining, not only threatens scarce resources, but also poses severe risks to public health. However, there is no process in place to study the impacts that this environmental degradation has on the quality of community health over time. HB 343 began to address this problem by establishing a fund to conduct a baseline community health study of the Grants Mineral Belt.

Outcome

HB 343 was defeated on a tied vote in the House Health, Government, and Indian Affairs Committee.