ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH & FUNDING
House Memorial 53 requests New Mexico's Department of Health and Aging and Long-Term Services Department to collaborate with the New Mexico Alzheimer's Association to update public health and healthcare provider education programs using the latest evidence-based research on Alzheimer's disease and brain health. It directs these departments to seek federal funding - particularly through the Federal Administration on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative - to support these program updates. The memorial aims to improve public awareness of Alzheimer's risk factors, early detection, and care, and to better equip healthcare providers for the over 46,000 New Mexicans living with the disease.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 10, 2025
Signed Apr 22, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was reorganized from a traditional memorial format into a more structured legislative document with clearer sections. The substantive content remains largely the same, requesting state health departments to collaborate with the Alzheimer's Association to update public health programs using evidence-based research and seek federal funding assistance.
TECHNICAL
The document was reformatted from a traditional memorial layout to a more structured format with numbered sections and clearer paragraph breaks for readability.
Page numbers and line numbers were removed from the text, making the document cleaner and easier to read.
REQUIREMENT
Added a requirement for the departments to produce a report on the outcomes of their efforts and provide it to the legislative council and governor.
Added a requirement that copies of the memorial be transmitted to specific officials including the governor, health secretary, aging services secretary, Alzheimer's Association chapter, and legislative council.
Floor votes · House Mar 19, 2025
How they voted
61–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 66
Mar 19, 2025
D
Democratic40
90% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Apr 22, 2025
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Pamelya Herndon
DDemocratic
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