The Valencia Health Commons contract
September 08, 2009
The Valencia Health Commons contract with Valencia County has been a point of major contention in the hospital issue.
The contract is, for the most part, the only serious remaining question in the hospital lawsuit’s appeal to the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
The original question was about how the mill levy money passed by voters in 2006 would be used: for construction or for operation and maintenance? The district court decided and the subsequent contract says the money will be used only for operation and maintenance.
Someday, the appeals court will decide whether or not the contract itself is legal. The question posed to the court is whether or not state law required that the county contract with a “hospital” in New Mexico.
Bob Davey, the chairman of Valencia Health Commons, has clearly stated that Valencia Health Commons is not a hospital.
(Valencia! redacted five signatures.)
(We’re also missing one page — an addendum — which the county failed to provide to us today. We’ll add it once we get it.)
UPDATE (9/15/09): Added.