# New Mexico SB 42: COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION AND RECOVERY PGM

New Mexico SB 42, COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION AND RECOVERY PGM, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Michael Padilla (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Signed by Governor - Chapter 156 - Apr. 10) (as of 2026-10-19).

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- As of: 2026-10-19
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## Facts
- Bill: New Mexico SB 42
- State: New Mexico
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION AND RECOVERY PGM
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Signed by Governor - Chapter 156 - Apr. 10
- Sponsor: Michael Padilla (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (97 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 10

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Limits on pregnancy-related child abuse reports: benefit, medium. Hospitals and birthing centers must report safe care plans and referrals, but these reports stay separate from child-abuse reports. A safe-care report alone does not start a child-welfare investigation or a law-enforcement report. Hospital and birthing-center staff, contractors, and volunteers cann…
- Private records and access for parents: benefit, medium. Child-abuse and neglect records generally stay private, and the department must protect identifying details about children and families. Exceptions cover specified fatalities, missing children, danger, emergencies, public-identification cases, authorized access, and qualifying research. Public rele…
- Stronger planning for children in court: benefit, medium. When the Children's Code requires active efforts, they must be thorough, timely, and meet a higher standard than reasonable efforts. Before a child-abuse or neglect disposition hearing, the department must prepare a report on placement, relatives, services, reunification, and child needs. It must g…
- Care plans for substance-exposed newborns: benefit, medium. By July 1, 2026, New Mexico's Health Care Authority must issue rules for newborns affected by prenatal drug exposure, withdrawal, or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The rules require screening, service referrals, tribal collaboration, and at least one care coordinator in every birthing hospital. C…
- Background checks for child-welfare personnel: benefit, low. The Children, Youth and Families Department must fingerprint staff and volunteers whose jobs involve direct client contact. It must also run nationwide criminal-history checks. The requirement covers prospective employees, people moving into new positions, and specified supervisors of personnel wit…
- Child welfare must preserve work records: benefit, low. Child-welfare employees cannot erase work-related data from department-issued devices. Those devices may contain only software and apps that meet federal data-retention and data-protection laws. By January 1, 2026, the department must implement a state information-technology-approved system to back…
- Required state planning for family services: benefit, low. The Children, Youth and Families Department must develop and carry out the Families First strategic plan. The plan guides family-service delivery and access to programs. This department duty does not itself set a household benefit amount or individual eligibility rules.
- Limits on lawsuits over safe-care training: cost, low. People cannot sue for losses caused by carrying out the specified safe-care training-material provisions, required training, or lack of training. These training requirements do not create a specific legal duty of care. This limit concerns those training provisions, not every claim involving newborn…
- Family assessments alongside required abuse investigations: mixed, medium. By July 1, 2027, New Mexico must use a statewide system with different responses to child-abuse and neglect reports. After intake finds no immediate safety concern, the department may use a family assessment and service referrals instead of investigation. Families may accept or decline services, bu…
- Help and oversight when care plans fail: mixed, medium. If caregivers do not follow a safe care plan after hospital or birthing-center release, care officials must notify child welfare within 24 hours. The Children, Youth and Families Department must assess the family and may offer or provide services. Families may accept or decline those services. The…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael Padilla (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gail Armstrong (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Heather Berghmans (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Linda M. Trujillo (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Final House Vote | pass | 59 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-13 | Senate | Final Senate Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-04-10: Signed by Governor - Chapter 156 - Apr. 10 (Senate)
- 2025-03-22: Senate has concurred with House Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Passed in the House of Representatives - Y:59 N:2 (House)
- 2025-03-21: House of Representatives Floor Amendment (House)
- 2025-03-20: HJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation with amendment(s) (House)
- 2025-03-17: HGEIC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation (House)
- 2025-03-14: Sent to HGEIC - Referrals: HGEIC/HJC (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Passed in the Senate - Y:38 N:0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: SJC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee Substitution (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: SRC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee Substitution (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Sent to SRC - Referrals: SRC/SJC (Senate)

## Bill text

- Final Version, 2025-04-11: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/SB0042.pdf)
- House Floor Amendment 1 3/21/25, 2025-03-21: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042FH1.pdf)
- HJC Committee Report 3/20/25, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042JC1.pdf)
- HGEIC Committee Report 3/17/25, 2025-03-17: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042GE1.pdf)
- SJC Committee Report 3/12/25, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042JU1.pdf)
- SJC Committee Substitute 3/12/25, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042JUS.pdf)
- SRC Committee Report 2/21/25, 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042RU1.pdf)
- SRC Committee Substitute 2/21/25, 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042RUS.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042.html), [PDF](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 2: GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2025 (signed)
- SB 45: COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FUND USE (signed)
- SB 343: TEACHER SALARY RATES CHANGES (signed)
- SB 345: TEACHER & INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LICENSURE (signed)
- SB 133: EDUCATIONAL RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK (signed)
- HB 157: NEW SCHOOL LICENSES (signed)

## Sources
- [Final Version (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/SB0042.pdf)
- [House Floor Amendment 1 3/21/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042FH1.pdf)
- [HJC Committee Report 3/20/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042JC1.pdf)
- [HGEIC Committee Report 3/17/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042GE1.pdf)
- [SJC Committee Report 3/12/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042JU1.pdf)
- [SJC Committee Substitute 3/12/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042JUS.pdf)
- [SRC Committee Report 2/21/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042RU1.pdf)
- [SRC Committee Substitute 2/21/25 (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042RUS.pdf)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042.html)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0042.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2: GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2025](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB2-2025)
- [SB 45: COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FUND USE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB45-2025)
- [SB 343: TEACHER SALARY RATES CHANGES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB343-2025)
- [SB 345: TEACHER & INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LICENSURE](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB345-2025)
- [SB 133: EDUCATIONAL RETIREES RETURNING TO WORK](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB133-2025)
- [HB 157: NEW SCHOOL LICENSES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-HB157-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NM-SB42-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).