Sat Mar 8 5:13PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Joanne J. Ferrary | 37 | Doña Ana |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HHHC ✓ | Passed, Feb 5, with Do Pass recommendation | ||
| HAFC | [Referred, not scheduled] | ||
This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.
Actions: HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC [4] DP-HAFC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | prefile | H | ||
| 2 | referred | HHHC/HAFC | ||
| 2 | sent | HHHC | ||
| 4 | passed | HHHC (view committee report) | DP | 8-0 |
| 4 | sent | HAFC |
This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.
| Jan 17 | filed: BOARDING FOR CERTAIN HEALTH DISCHARGES |
| Jan 27 | referred to HHHC/HAFC; sent to HHHC |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC' | |
| Jan 31 | scheduled for HHHC on Mon Feb 3, 08:30 |
| Feb 2 | removed from HHHC agenda Mon Feb 3, 08:30 |
| added to HHHC agenda on Mon Feb 3, 08:30 | |
| Feb 3 | rescheduled for HHHC on Wed Feb 5, 08:30 |
| Feb 6 | passed HHHC; sent to HAFC |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC [4] DP-HAFC' |
HOUSE BILL 116
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Joanne J. Ferrary
FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PAY LICENSED BOARDING HOMES FOR HOUSING PEOPLE DISCHARGED FROM THE NEW MEXICO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE AT LAS VEGAS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ADULT PSYCHIATRIC CENTER; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Public Health Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] PAYMENT TO LICENSED BOARDING HOMES.--
A. Beginning January 1, 2026, the department of health shall pay each boarding home that admits a person who is discharged from the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas or the university of New Mexico adult psychiatric center two hundred dollars ($200) for each month that the person is a resident of the boarding home.
B. The department of health shall promulgate rules for the payment of boarding homes. At a minimum, the rules shall address:
(1) the documentation required to be submitted by the boarding home to be eligible for payment; and
(2) safeguards to prevent fraud.
C. For the purposes of this section, "boarding home" means a facility licensed by the department of health as a boarding home."
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to pay licensed boarding homes for housing people released from the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas or the university of New Mexico adult psychiatric center. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
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