2022 Legislative Session

HB 97 Rural Health Care Project Loan Program
Bill as introduced by Representative Marian Matthews
HB 97 NMMS Brief Rural HC Project Loan
New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee Report (October 1, 2021)

HB 174 Hearing Aid Health Insurance Coverage
HB0174 as introduced by Rep. Christine Trujillo
HB 174 – NMMS Brief Hearing Aid Coverage

SB 182 Insurance Approved Provider Info (Credentialing Timeline)
SB0182 as introduced by Sen. Martin Hickey MD
SB 182 NMMS Brief Credentialing Timeline

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2021 Second Special Session

2021 Medical Malpractice Act, NMSA Chapter 1, Article 5

2021 Revision to Medical Malpractice Act HB 11

2021 Legislative Session

2021_4_12 Legislative Session Signed by Governor Final Legislation – NMMS FINAL
Bills of note that passed:
HB23 – Medical School Licensure Requirements
HB47 – Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act
HB676 – Primary Care Council Act
HB75 – Medical Malpractice Act Revision
SB71 – Patients’ Debt Collection Protection ActSB124- Pharmacy Claim Insurance Payment and Process
SB222 – Health Information System Definitions
SB279 – Osteopathic Medicine Changes to NM Medicine Board
SB317 – No Behavior Health Cost Sharing & Insurance Premium Surtax
SB377 – Health Security Planning and Design Board Funding

2021 Revision to Medical Malpractice Act, HB75/aaa, Signed by Gov. MLG on April 1, 2021 CH16-HB75-2021 (003)

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2020 Special Session
2020 NMMS Brief – Oppose Medicaid Cuts
2020 NMMS Brief – GRT and Emergency COVID Funds
2020_6_11 Special Session Budget Details Final

2020 Legislative Session
2020_1_31 GRT Corp HB282 SB227 FIR NMMS Final
EX_2020_01_302-303 Rural and Urban Underserved Program Overview
EX_2020_01_300-301 Rural and Urban Underserved Program brochure 1

2019 Legislative Session

Study of Medical Malpractice Act Updates [SM 108, Gay Kernan & Stuart Ingle]

SM108 Medical Malpractice Act Memorial

Prior Authorization [cs/SB 188, Gay Kernan]

2019_2_7 cs-SB 188 Prior Authorization –  NMMS Brief
cs/SB 188 Prior Authorization (2019_2_18)
2018 AMA Summary of Prior Authorization Survey
2018 Consensus Statement on Prior Authorization Reform (AHA, AMA, APhA, AHIP, BCBS Association, MGMA)

Surprise Billing [S 346, Jerry Ortiz y Pino]

cs-SB 337 214310.1 and cs-HB 207 214309.1 (2/25/2019)
2019 Surprise Billing – NMMS Brief
cs/SB 346 Payment of Non-Participating Providers for Emergency Care (2019_2_15)

Temporary Licensure – Visiting Team Doctors [S 349, Mark Moores]

2019 Temporary License for Visiting Team Doctor – NMMS Brief
SB 349 Temporary Licensure for Visiting Team Doctor

GRT Deductions – CoPay & Deductible [H 345, Jim Trujillo]

2019 GRT Deduction CoPays & Deductible – NMMS Brief
HB 345 Gross Receipts Tax Deductions for Medical Co-Pays and Deductibles
2018 AMA Economic Impact Report on New Mexico Physicians

Interstate Medical Licensure Act [SB 97, Bill O’Neill]

2019 Interstate Medical Licensure Compact – NMMS Brief
SB 97 Interstate Medical Licensure Act
FAQs – Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

Medical Practice Act[ SB 448, Stuart Ingle]

SB-448 Amendment to Medical Practice Act

Prior Authorization – OB/Gyn Ultrasound [SB 309, Liz Stefanics]

2019 Prohibit Prior Authorization on OB/Gyn Ultrasounds – NMMS Brief
SB-309 Prohibit Prior Authorizations on OB/Gyn Ultrasounds

Medical Malpractice Act Changes [HB 629, Damon Ely] – not NMMS Bill

2019_2_20 NMMS Summary on MMA and HB629
HB 629

Chiropractic Advanced Practice License [HB 448, Natalie Figuroa]

2019 Adv Prac Chiro Phy HB 448 Brief
HB 448 Chiropractic Advanced Practice License

Miscellaneous Briefs

2019 GRT Deduction Maintenance
2019 Medicaid Fee – Recover Fair Rate
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Briefing Papers – Legislative Session 2018

2018 Task Force – Availability & Improvement of Pediatric Specialty Services

2018 Step Therapy – End “Fail First” Prescribing

2018 Step Therapy Letter to House and Senate
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Briefing Papers – Legislative Session 2017

2017 Chiropractic Scope of Practice Expansion

2017 Gross Receipts Tax Reform

2017 Non-Compete in Employment Contracts

2017 Online History and Photo of Medical and Osteopathic Doctors

2017 Physician Assisted Suicide

2017 Prescribing Psychologists Requirement and Oversight Changes

2017 Scope of Practice Act


Briefing Papers – Legislative Session 2016

2016 Deduction for Gross Receipts Tax on Co Pays & Deductibles

2016 Scope of Practice Act

2016 Retention of the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool

2016 Out of State Health Care Providers Access to Care for New Mexicans

2016 Letter from James Martinez MD Overview of Montano v Frezza Case

2016 Amicus Brief Montano v Frezza NM Supreme Court


Briefing Papers – Legislative Session 2015

2015 Cardiac Arrest Response Act Defibrillation and the Good Samaritan

2015 Deduction for Gross Receipts Tax on Deductibles

2015 Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts

2015 Peer Review of Opioid Prescribers

2015 Scope of Practice Act Committee Substitute

Transition Study for Special Needs Children – HM9

2015 Universal Vaccine Purchase in New Mexico


Historical Archive – Medical Malpractice Act – Legislative Session 2009-2011

Impact on Malpractice Premiums of c/s SB333 and c/s HB267

c/s SB333 and c/s HB267 Final (March 5, 2011)

SB333 Committee Substitute – Medical Malpractice Act Amendment (February 24, 2011)

HB267 Committee Substitute – Medical Malpractice Act Amendment (February 17, 2011)

Medical Malpractice Act

Stabilize the Practice of Medicine – Briefing to Legislators (February 14, 2010)

Briefing paper on Amending the Medical Practice Act to Address Licensure of Medical Corporations (January 29, 2010)

HB-188 and SB-213 Introduced by Rep. Jim Trujillo and Sen. Stuart Ingle to amend the Medical Practice Act (January 27, 2010)

Temporary Restraining Order filed by Stephen Haynes MD, PA and American Physicians Assurance Corporation against Morris Chavez as Superintendent of the NM Department of Insurance in Clovis, NM on November 19, 2009.

Writ of Mandamus filed by NMMS and six medical corporations against Morris Chavez as Superintendent of the NM Department of Insurance in Hobbs, NM on November 16, 2009. Judge Don Maddox denied the Writ on January 13, 2010.

Memorandum from Superintendent Morris Chavez on the Coverage of Medical Corporations by the NM Patients’ Compensation Fund, October 28, 2009.

Amending the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act: Seeking a Second Opinion 2010 (August, 2009)

The NM Medical Malpractice Act: Safeguarding the Practice of Medicine (August, 2009)

Medical Malpractice Talking Points (latest revision February 2009)