Linda Siegle Resources for Change
Linda Siegle • Resources for Change
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Nurse Practitioners (NP) (2017 Reg)
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Bill: HB68
Sponsors: Garcia, Miguel (D14)
Title: RURAL HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER TAX CREDIT CHANGES
Summary: (For the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee) (Similar to 2016 HB54) Amends the rural health care practitioner tax credit to allow same amount of credit for all practitioners; makes licensed counselors, pharmacists and social workers eligible for the rural health care practitioner tax credit.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Taxation, Fees and Audits
Related: 2016:HB54
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 01/27/2017 – House Taxation and Revenue Committee
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Taxation & Revenue.
01/27/2017—H Reported Do Pass by House Health & Human Services.
Bill: HB84
Sponsors: Armstrong, D. (D17)
Title: REIMBURSEMENT PARITY FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CLINICAL SERVICES
Summary: (For the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee) Requires reimbursement parity between pharmacists and other licensed health professionals who provide the same pharmaceutical services. Applies to the Group Benefits Act, the Public Assistance Act, the New Mexico Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Law and the Nonprofit Health Care Plan Law.
Subjects: Insurance; Health and Medical Practice; Business, Manufacturing and Economic Development; State Affairs and State Agencies; Human Services
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 01/25/2017 – House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Consumer & Public Affairs.
01/25/2017—H Reported Do Pass by House Health & Human Services.
Bill: HB89
Sponsors: McCamley (D33)
Title: CANNABIS REVENUE AND FREEDOM ACT
Summary: (Related to 2016 HB75 and 2015 HB160) A 122page bill that proposes the Cannabis Revenue and Freedom Act, establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework relating to marijuana, industrial hemp and medical marijuana, that allows a person who is licensed, regulated and taxed by New Mexico to legally manufacture and sell marijuana to a person who is at least 21 years of age, subject to the provisions of the act. Creates and allocates tax revenue to the Substance Abuse Prevention and Behavioral Health Fund, the District Attorney Public Safety Fund, the Public Defender Public Safety Fund and the Cannabis Revenue Economic Development Fund, and makes appropriations.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Criminal Code; Business, Manufacturing and Economic Development; State Affairs and State Agencies; Family and Juveniles; Agriculture and Ranching; Public Safety and Corrections; Appropriations; Taxation, Fees and Audits
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 02/06/2017 – House Calendar
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Consumer & Public Affairs.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Business & Industry.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Appropriations & Finance.
02/06/2017—H Reported without recommendation by House Consumer & Public Affairs.
Bill: HB101
Sponsors: Gonzales (D42)
Title: HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Summary: (Similar to 2015 SB152; 2013 HB262) Proposes the Health Security Act, making major changes to the health care system in New Mexico through a comprehensive system of virtually universal coverage. Its goals are to make health care coverage available to all New Mexicans through combined public and private financing, to control escalating health care costs and improve health care for all New Mexicans. Participation is mandatory for holders of private insurance. The act creates a Health Care Commission, endowed with extensive powers and duties, to develop and adopt a wideranging annual state Health Security Plan. An individual is eligible for coverage if physically present in the state for one year prior to the date of application for enrollment. Private insurance may not be provided to a beneficiary for health care covered by the plan, although a beneficiary may purchase private, supplemental benefits and insurance for benefits not covered under the plan. Requires a fiscal analysis of the plan by the Legislative Finance Committee and cooperation by the Superintendent of Insurance to ensure that Workers’ Comp and auto medical premiums decrease based on the plan assuming that coverage. The act imposes penalties on beneficiaries who misuse eligibility cards and providers who engage in a pattern of overbilling. Provides for transfer of Health Insurance Exchange property to the Commission. Temporarily amends the Tort Claims Act.
Subjects: Higher Education; Insurance; Health and Medical Practice; County Affairs; Transportation; State Affairs and State Agencies; Human Services; Indians; Veterans and Military Affairs; Interim Studies and Interim Committees; Information Technology; Aging; Taxation, Fees and Audits; Capital Outlay Requests; Public Finance and Budgets
Related: 2015:SB152; 2013:HB262
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 02/08/2017 – House Judiciary Committee
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
02/08/2017—H Reported Do Not Pass but Do Pass as substituted by House Health & Human Services.
Bill: HB103
Sponsors: Rehm (R31)
Title: UNM HOSPITAL INDIGENT HEALTH CARE REPORTS
Summary: Requires UNM Hospital to submit an annual report to the Human Services Department and the Legislative Finance Committee on all of its indigent health care funding that includes information about indigent patient eligibility criteria, services provided, restrictions on services, conditions for reimbursement of providers, and revenue sources used to pay for indigent health care and related information as determined by the LFC.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Higher Education; Human Services; County Affairs; Family and Juveniles
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/18/2017 – House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Consumer & Public Affairs.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
Bill: HB112
Sponsors: Gonzales (D42)
Title: HEALTH CARE PURCHASING ACT: DRUG FORMULARY PRICECHANGE TIMELINES
Summary: Amends the Health Care Purchasing Act, the New Mexico Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Law and the Nonprofit Health Care Plan Law to establish limits on health coverage and provider contract changes. Amends each law to allow for sufficient notice to be given before a price increase or classification change occurs for a drug formulary. Prohibits changes to coverage for a prescription drug from taking place less than 90 days prior to the beginning date of the plan year when changes are to take effect or at any time during a current plan years. (Note: a drug formulary is a list of prescription drugs, both generic and brand name, used by practitioners to identify drugs that offer the greatest overall value. A committee of physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists maintain the formulary.)
Subjects: Family and Juveniles; Health and Medical Practice; Insurance; State Affairs and State Agencies; Business, Manufacturing and Economic Development
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/18/2017 – House Health and Human Services Committee
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
Bill: HB126
Sponsors: Gallegos, Doreen (D52)
Title: EQUAL PREFERENCE FOR INSTATE STUDENTS FOR MEDICAL STUDENT LOANS
Summary: Amends the Medical Student Loan for Service Act to give preference to qualified applicants who are attending a New Mexico postsecondary educational institution, be it public or private.
Subjects: Higher Education; Labor; Health and Medical Practice; State Affairs and State Agencies
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 02/02/2017 – House Labor and Economic Development Committee
History: 01/18/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/18/2017—H Also referred to House Labor & Economic Development.
02/02/2017—H Reported Do Pass by House Health & Human Services.
Bill: HB170
Sponsors: Armstrong, D. (D17)
Title: STATE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM EXEMPTION
Summary: Exempts practitioners from following the requirements of the state’s prescription monitoring program when prescribing opioids to a patient who is experiencing pain caused by cancer or the treatment of cancer.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Criminal Code; State Affairs and State Agencies
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 02/08/2017 – House Judiciary Committee
History: 01/20/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/20/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
02/08/2017—H Reported Do Pass by House Health & Human Services.
Bill: HB171
Sponsors: Armstrong, D. (D17)
Title: END OF LIFE OPTIONS ACT
Summary: Cited as the End of Life Options Act, establishes rights, procedures and protections related to medical aid in dying. Removes criminal liability for attending health care providers who provide assistance pursuant to the End of Life Options Act.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Family and Juveniles; Insurance; Criminal Code
Progress: 1st House: Reported from Committees
Status: 02/06/2017 – House Judiciary Committee
History: 01/20/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/20/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
02/06/2017—H Reported Do Pass as amended by House Health & Human Services.
Wil try to keep NPs in the bill
Bill: HB212
Sponsors: Romero (D10)
Title: INDOOR TANNING ACT: BANS USE BY MINORS
Summary: (For the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee) Proposes to the Indoor Tanning Act to ban the use of indoor tanning devices by minors, establish safety standards, provide for rulemaking and licensure by the Department of the Environment, and establish civil penalties for operators in violation of the act or rules.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Courts and Civil Matters; Business, Manufacturing and Economic Development; State Affairs and State Agencies
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/24/2017 – House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
History: 01/24/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Consumer & Public Affairs.
01/24/2017—H Also referred to House Health & Human Services.
Bill: HB215
Sponsors: Thomson (D24)
Title: COLLABORATION BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Summary: (Identical to 2016 SB267 and similar to 2015 SB615) Amends various sections of law to specify that a physician assistant shall practice in collaboration with a licensed physician.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; State Affairs and State Agencies
Related: 2016:SB267; 2015:SB615
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/24/2017 – House Health and Human Services Committee
History: 01/24/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/24/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
This bill allows certain PAs after 3 years of working to be able to collaborate with a physician instead of supervision. Other PAs will continue to be supervised. The Medical Society supports this change.
Bill: HB228
Sponsors: Dow (R38)
Title: RIGHT TO TRY ACT
Summary: Cited as the Right to Try Act, allows a manufacturer to make available, and an eligible patient to request, an investigational drug, biological product or device. An “eligible patient” is defined as one who has an advanced illness, attested to by the patient’s treating physician; has considered all other treatment options currently approved by the FDA; is ineligible or unable to participate in a clinical trial; has received a recommendation from the patient’s physician; has given written, informed consent; and has documentation from the patient’s physician that he or she meets these requirements.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Business, Manufacturing and Economic Development; Family and Juveniles
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/24/2017 – House Health and Human Services Committee
History: 01/24/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/24/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
Scheduled: 02/13/2017—House Health and Human Services Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 315
Bill: HB243
Sponsors: Thomson (D24)
Title: MAMMOGRAM DISCLOSURE OF BREAST DENSITY
Summary: Requires health facilities that perform mammograms to include information as to a patient’s individual breast density; provides form for notice; otherwise limits duty of care.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Family and Juveniles
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/25/2017 – House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
History: 01/25/2017—H Introduced and referred to House State Government, Indian and Veteran Affairs.
01/25/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
Bill: HB260
Sponsors: Armstrong, D. (D17)
Title: REGULATION OF BIOSIMILAR PRODUCTS
Summary: (Duplicate of 2017 SB180)Amends the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act to provide for regulation of biosimilar products. Authorizes a pharmacist to dispense an equivalent product that is lower in cost than the prescribed biological product unless the prescribing practitioner prohibits the substitution or the patient requests otherwise.
Subjects: State Affairs and State Agencies; Family and Juveniles; Health and Medical Practice; Business, Manufacturing and Economic Development
Related: 2017:SB180
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/26/2017 – House Health and Human Services Committee
History: 01/26/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/26/2017—H Also referred to House Business & Industry.
Bill: HB263
Sponsors: PowdrellCulbert (R44)
Title: LIABILITY & IMMUNITY: USE OF INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS BY TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT
Summary: Proposed as the Right to Try Act, the bill provides various protections and immunity to physicians, manufacturers and insurance companies from an “adverse event” that results from the use of an investigational drug, biologic product or device by a terminally ill patient who has given written informed consent for its use. Defines “investigational drug, biologic product or device” as one for which a phase one clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been completed, that remains under investigation and that has not yet been approved for general use.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Insurance; Family and Juveniles; Human Services
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/26/2017 – House Health and Human Services Committee
History: 01/26/2017—H Introduced and referred to House Health & Human Services.
01/26/2017—H Also referred to House Judiciary.
Scheduled: 02/13/2017—House Health and Human Services Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 315
Bill: HB274
Sponsors: Rodella (D41)
Title: HOSPITALS REQUIRED TO OFFER SENIORS IMMUNIZATIONS
Summary: Makes offering of influenza or pneumococcal immunizations to senior citizens mandatory upon release from a hospital.
Subjects: Health and Medical Practice; Aging
Progress: 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: 01/27/2017 – House Health and Human Services Committee