House of Representatives

HCM 2003

Red Mesa health center

Sponsors: Representatives Brimhall, Laughter, Blendu

DP	Committee on Native American Affairs
DP	Caucus and COW
X	As Transmitted to the Secretary of State

Background Information

The Red Mesa Health Center has been planned since the mid 1980s by the Navajo Nation and Indian Health Services, with the purpose of providing adult and pediatric medical services, dental care, nursing beds, and emergency health care to the residents of northeast Arizona. Since most of those services are not available in that area, the local residents travel an average of sixty miles to the nearest hospital that is located in Shiprock, New Mexico. Local land users donated seventy-five acres of land at Red mesa and the United States Congress appropriated funds for the design of the Health Center in fiscal year 2000. Due to the remoteness of the site, the Indian Health Services planned the construction of ninety-three units of staff quarters.

Provisions

· Urges the United States Congress to appropriate construction funds in the amount of $48 million in fiscal year 2002 to the Indian Health Budget for the Red Mesa Health Center and staff quarters.

· Provides that the Secretary of the State of Arizona transmits copies of this memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from Arizona.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 April 18, 2001

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