New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB15 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 15
29	29	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
30	30	INTRODUCED BY
31	31	Marianna Anaya
32	32	AN ACT
33	33	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; CREATING THE HEALTH CARE
34	34	STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT PROGRAM IN THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
35	35	DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING SERVICES FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE
36	36	PROVIDERS IN HEALTH CARE SHORTAGE FIELDS; MAKING AN
37	37	APPROPRIATION.
38	38	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
39	39	SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] HEALTH CARE STRATEGIC
40	40	RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.--
41	41	A. As used in this section:
42	42	(1) "department" means the workforce solutions
43	43	department;
44	44	(2) "program" means the health care strategic
45	45	recruitment program; and
46	46	(3) "qualified health care provider" means a
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74	74	licensed or unlicensed clinical worker in a health care
75	75	profession or allied health practice that qualifies for the
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77	77	B. The "health care strategic recruitment program"
78	78	is created in the department. The department, in collaboration
79	79	with the health care authority, the department of health and
80	80	the higher education department, shall promulgate rules to
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82	82	practices that shall be targeted in the program, including
83	83	qualified health care providers in health care shortage fields.
84	84	C. The program shall assist in the recruitment of
85	85	qualified health care providers, each of whom meets the
86	86	following qualifications:
87	87	(1) graduated within the last ten years from a
88	88	New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution in a
89	89	degree- or certificate-granting educational program in a health
90	90	care shortage field; and
91	91	(2) does not currently work in health care in
92	92	the state.
93	93	D. The program shall:
94	94	(1) assist recruitment efforts of New Mexico
95	95	communities, health care facilities and health care practices
96	96	for health care shortage fields;
97	97	(2) engage in active outreach to New Mexico
98	98	graduates who are qualified to work in health care shortage
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127	127	fields;
128	128	(3) share information about relevant
129	129	recruitment incentives that New Mexico offers;
130	130	(4) provide navigators to help applicants
131	131	through the process of licensing and credentialing and act as a
132	132	liaison with agencies as appropriate;
133	133	(5) provide other assistance to qualified
134	134	health care providers as appropriate;
135	135	(6) compile and use relevant alumni contact
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143	143	E. The department shall report annually to the
144	144	governor and the legislature on the success of the program,
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146	146	(1) analyses of collected data, services
147	147	provided and the impact on successful job attainment;
148	148	(2) the number of graduates in the total
149	149	potential applicant pool;
150	150	(3) the number of successful applicants;
151	151	(4) the number of successful hires and their
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180	180	job sites;
181	181	(5) reasons an applicant may or may not want
182	182	to apply for the program;
183	183	(6) the number of days from recruitment to job
184	184	placement;
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188	188	legislature deems important. The report shall include
189	189	recommendations for improvements to the program and necessary
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191	191	SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
192	192	($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
193	193	workforce solutions department for expenditure in fiscal year
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195	195	start-up costs for the health care strategic recruitment
196	196	program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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