Sat Mar 8 4:42PM - 13 days, 18 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Jeff Steinborn | 36 | Doña Ana |
| Sen. Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics | 39 | San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance & Valencia |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | 🗓 Sat Mar 8 | 1:00 PM | Senate Floor |
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: [1] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC [4] DP/a-STBTC [11] DP
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | referred | SHPAC/STBTC | ||
| 1 | sent | SHPAC | ||
| 4 | passed | SHPAC (view committee report) | DP/a | 6-2; nays: Gallegos, Scott |
| 4 | sent | STBTC | ||
| 11 | passed | STBTC (view committee report) | DP | 8-2; nays: Paul, Sharer |
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 22 | filed: [Prefiled by Jeff Steinborn; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to SHPAC | |
| title: '[prefiled by Jeff Steinborn; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'County Health Care Assistance Fund Use' | |
| actions: 'SPREF' -> '[1] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC' | |
| new sponsor: Jeff Steinborn | |
| Jan 24 | new sponsor: Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics |
| Feb 4 | scheduled for SHPAC on Wed Feb 5, 13:30 |
| Feb 6 | scheduled for SHPAC on Fri Feb 7, 13:30 |
| Feb 10 | passed SHPAC; sent to STBTC |
| actions: '[1] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC' -> '[1] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC [4] DP/a-STBTC' | |
| Mar 3 | scheduled for STBTC on Tue Mar 4, 13:30 |
| Mar 4 | passed [unofficial report from Eduardo] |
| Mar 5 | passed STBTC |
| actions: '[1] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC [4] DP/a-STBTC' -> '+ [11] DP' | |
| on Senate calendar for Thu Mar 6, 11:00 | |
| Mar 6 | on Senate calendar for Fri Mar 7, 11:00 |
| Mar 7 | on Senate calendar for Sat Mar 8, 13:00 |
SENATE BILL 45
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Jeff Steinborn and Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics
AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; AMENDING THE INDIGENT HOSPITAL AND COUNTY HEALTH CARE ACT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USES OF COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 27-5-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 321, Section 16, as amended) is amended to read:
"27-5-7.1. COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FUND--AUTHORIZED USES OF THE FUND.--
A. The fund may be used to pay for:
(1) expenses of burial or cremation of an indigent person;
(2) ambulance transportation, hospital care and health care services for indigent patients; [or]
(3) all or a portion of the:
(a) monthly premiums of health insurance policies for indigent patients; or
(b) out-of-pocket costs, including copayments and deductibles, incurred by indigent patient insureds pursuant to the terms of a health insurance policy; or
[(5)] (4) county administrative expenses associated with fund expenditures authorized in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.
B. The fund may be used to meet a county's obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978."
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