Definitions

As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act: A. "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and B. "publicly funded health care agency" means the: (1) state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority; (2) retiree health care authority; (3) public school insurance authority; and (4) publicly funded health care program of any public school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students. History: Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 19.