Chapter 24A — Chapter 24A

As used in the Graduate Medical Education Expansion Grant Program Act, "graduate medical education training program" means a program that has received approval or is in the process of seeking approval to operate as a graduate medical education training program sponsor from the ap…

fund; distributions; application requirements; priorities for awards; reporting requirements. A. The "graduate medical education expansion grant program fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations…

created; duties. A. The "graduate medical education expansion review board" is created to: (1) develop a state strategic plan for expanding graduate medical education training programs; (2) review grant applications; and (3) review the grants awarded pursuant to the Graduate Medi…

Sections 1 through 7 [24A-8-1 to 24A-8-7 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Health Care Delivery and Access Act". History: Laws 2024, ch. 41, § 1.

As used in the Health Care Delivery and Access Act: A. "assessed days" means the number of inpatient hospital days exclusive of medicare days for each eligible hospital, with data sources to be defined by the authority and updated no less frequently than every three years; B. "as…

calculation; notification. A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this section, an assessment is imposed on inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services provided by an eligible hospital. The assessment rate and assessment amounts shall be annually calc…

A. The "health care delivery and access fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of distributions, appropriations, transfers, gifts, grants, donations, bequests and income from investment of the fund. The authority shall administer the fund…

payment program. A. The "health care delivery and access medicaid-directed payment program" is created in the authority pursuant to the provisions of this section, to be approved by the centers for medicare and medicaid services. B. The authority shall: (1) determine the amount o…

directed payments. A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a hospital shall pay the health care delivery and access assessment to the taxation and revenue department as follows: (1) for the period from July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024: (a) sixty percent of th…

promulgation of rules. A. The secretary shall seek subsequent approvals of the medicaid-directed payment program from the centers for medicare and medicaid services for each managed care rating period by submitting required information to the centers for medicare and medicaid ser…

Chapter 24A, Article 9 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act". History: Laws 2024, ch. 40, § 1; 1978 Comp., § 59A-63-1, recompiled and amended as § 24A-9-1 by Laws 2025, ch. 50, § 1.

Nothing in the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act limits the authority of the attorney general to protect consumers in the health care market or to protect the economy of the state or any significant part of the state insofar as health care is concerned under any state or fe…

New Mexico courts shall have personal jurisdiction over the parties to a transaction subject to the provisions of the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act, including the parties to the transaction and any person affiliated with a party. History: 1978 Comp., § 24A-9-11, enacted…

prohibited; penalties. A. As used in this section: (1) "entity" means hospitals, management services organizations and health care provider organizations that are owned or affiliated with health insurers; (2) "good faith" means that a reasonable basis exists in fact as evidenced …

website. The authority shall post hospital ownership annually on the authority's website and at any point in which there is a change of ownership of a hospital or the real estate on which a hospital stands. History: 1978 Comp., § 24A-9-13, enacted by Laws 2025, ch. 50, § 14.

As used in the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act: A. "acquisition" means the direct or indirect purchase or other procurement in any manner, including through a lease, a license, a transfer, an exchange, an option, a proxy, a conveyance or a joint venture, of all or substan…

A. The oversight power of the authority pursuant to the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act applies to proposed transactions. B. Being subject to the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act does not preclude or negate any person regulated pursuant to the Insurance Holding Com…

Except for the information provided pursuant to Paragraphs (2) through (6) of Subsection E of Section 24A-9-6 NMSA 1978, all documents, materials or other information in the possession or control of the authority that are obtained by or disclosed to the authority, the authority's…

A. A notice of a proposed transaction shall be deemed complete by the authority on the date when all the information required by the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act is submitted by all the parties to the transaction, as applicable. B. Within thirty days after the notice o…

requirements; consultations; experts; payment of costs. A. At least one person that is a party to a proposed transaction shall submit to the authority a written notice of the proposed transaction in the form and manner prescribed by the authority. The parties shall pay the reason…

comment forums. A. Within ten days of receipt of a complete notice of a proposed transaction, the authority shall post the information provided pursuant to Paragraphs (2) through (6) of Subsection E of Section 24A-9-6 NMSA 1978. B. The authority shall publish a statement briefly …

A. Within one hundred twenty days of receiving a complete notice of a proposed transaction, the authority shall complete a review, confer with the office and either: (1) approve the proposed transaction; (2) approve the proposed transaction with conditions; or (3) disapprove the …

A. The person that acquired control over the hospital or independent health care practice through an approved or conditionally approved transaction shall submit reports to the authority and the office in the form and manner prescribed by the authority annually for three years aft…

A. The authority shall enforce the provisions of the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act. B. A transaction that is covered by Section 24A-9-3 NMSA 1978 shall not be effectuated in New Mexico without the secretary's written determination that no review is needed or without the…

This act [24A-10-1 to 24A-10-10 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act". History: Laws 2025, ch. 3, § 1.

A. The health care authority shall regularly monitor and audit contracts and grantees subject to the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act to ensure that behavioral health service quality standards are met and to ensure financial and programmatic compliance during the durat…

As used in the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act: A. "behavioral health region" means a geographic area of the state that is designated in accordance with Subsection B of Section 3 [24A-10-3 NMSA 1978] of the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act and encompasses o…

A. The "behavioral health executive committee" is created and shall be composed of: (1) the secretary of health care authority; (2) the director of the behavioral health services division of the health care authority, who shall chair the committee; (3) the director of the medical…

requirements. A. The administrative office of the courts shall coordinate regional meetings, complete sequential intercept mapping and coordinate the development of regional plans. If behavioral health stakeholders request to participate in the development of a regional plan, the…

A. By June 1, 2025, the health care authority, in consultation with other state agencies that have behavioral health programs, shall provide the administrative office of the courts with an initial set of generally recognized standards for behavioral health services for adoption a…

A. Money appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act: (1) shall be used to address priorities and funding gaps identified in the regional plans; (2) shall be equitably distributed for all eligible priorities identified in each regio…

No later than June 30, 2027, the health care authority shall establish a universal behavioral health service provider enrollment and credentialing process for medicaid to reduce the administrative burden on behavioral health service providers. No later than December 31, 2025, the…

The health care authority shall promulgate rules outlining the benefits and structure related to behavioral health services. Any limitation on the number of new behavioral health recipients that a behavioral health service provider serves and is paid for shall be consistent with …

The state agencies that manage the 988 behavioral health emergency system and the 911 emergency system shall ensure the interoperability and bidirectionality of those systems to improve crisis and emergency response. History: Laws 2025, ch. 3, § 9.