HOUSE BILL 562

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Luis M. Terrazas and Jenifer Jones and Gabriel Ramos

and Rebecca Dow and Gail Armstrong

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR INDEPENDENT RURAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three million dollars ($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to increase medicaid reimbursement for independent rural health care providers. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

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