0001| SENATE BILL 192 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO MEDICAID; ESTABLISHING THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT | 0012| RATE AT NOT LESS THAN THE MEDICARE RATE FOR THE SAME SERVICE. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 27-2-12.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, | 0016| Chapter 269, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "27-2-12.3. MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT--EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL | 0018| PHYSICIANS', DENTISTS', OPTOMETRISTS', PODIATRISTS' AND | 0019| PSYCHOLOGISTS' SERVICES.--The human services department shall | 0020| establish a rate for the reimbursement of physicians, dentists, | 0021| optometrists, podiatrists and psychologists for services | 0022| rendered to medicaid patients that provides equal reimbursement | 0023| for the same or similar services rendered without respect to | 0024| the date on which [such] the physician, dentist, | 0025| optometrist, podiatrist or psychologist entered into practice | 0001| in New Mexico, the date on which the physician, dentist, | 0002| optometrist, | 0003| podiatrist or psychologist entered into an agreement or | 0004| contract to provide such services or the location in which | 0005| [such] the services are to be provided in the state; | 0006| provided, however, that the requirements of this section shall | 0007| not apply when the human services department contracts with | 0008| entities pursuant to Section 27-2-12.6 NMSA 1978 to negotiate a | 0009| rate for the reimbursement for services rendered to medicaid | 0010| patients in the medicaid managed care system; and provided | 0011| further that any medicaid reimbursement rate established by the | 0012| department shall not be less than the rate paid by medicare for | 0013| the same service." | 0014|  | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| February 24, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| Mr. President: | 0023| | 0024| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| SENATE BILL 192 | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT | 0004| RECOMMENDATION, and thence referred to the CORPORATIONS & | 0005| TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| __________________________________ | 0012| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Date ________________________ | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0023| Yes: 6 | 0024| No: 0 | 0025| Excused: Adair, Vernon, Ingle | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| S0192PA1 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| March 4, 1997 | 0016| | 0017| Mr. President: | 0018| | 0019| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom | 0020| has been referred | 0021| | 0022| SENATE BILL 192 | 0023| | 0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0025| that it DO PASS. | 0001| | 0002| Respectfully submitted, | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| __________________________________ | 0007| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Date ________________________ | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0020| Yes: 7 | 0021| No: 0 | 0022| Excused: Fidel, McKibben, Robinson | 0023| Absent: None | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| S0192CT1 |