Sat Mar 8 5:29PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Pamelya Herndon | 28 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Jenifer Jones | 32 | Doña Ana, Hidalgo & Luna |
| Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez | 16 | Bernalillo |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HHHC ✓ | Passed, Feb 3, 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 [3] DP-HAFC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | prefile | H | ||
| 2 | referred | HHHC/HAFC | ||
| 2 | sent | HHHC | ||
| 3 | passed | HHHC (view committee report) | DP | 8-0 |
| 3 | 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 8 | filed: HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY REIMBURSEMENTS |
| Jan 22 | referred to HHHC/HAFC; sent to HHHC |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC' | |
| Jan 23 | scheduled for HHHC on Wed Jan 29, 09:00 |
| Jan 28 | scheduled for HHHC on Wed Jan 29, 08:30 |
| Jan 29 | moved from HHHC 01-29 08:30 to 2025-01-31 08:30 |
| added to HHHC agenda on Fri Jan 31, 08:30 | |
| Jan 30 | new sponsor: Jenifer Jones |
| Jan 31 | rescheduled 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 4 | passed HHHC; sent to HAFC |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC [3] DP-HAFC' | |
| new sponsor: Antoinette Sedillo Lopez |
HOUSE BILL 53
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Pamelya Herndon and Jenifer Jones and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION TO MEDICAID RECIPIENTS ARE FULLY REIMBURSED FOR THEIR SERVICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred seventy thousand dollars ($370,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to ensure that health care providers who provide vagus nerve stimulation to medicaid recipients are fully reimbursed for their services. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
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