HOUSE BILL 53

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

INTRODUCED BY

Pamelya Herndon

 

 

 

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION TO MEDICAID RECIPIENTS ARE FULLY REIMBURSED FOR THEIR SERVICES.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred seventy thousand dollars ($370,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to ensure that health care providers who provide vagus nerve stimulation to medicaid recipients are fully reimbursed for their services. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

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