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HOUSE BILL 15
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Marianna Anaya
AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; CREATING THE HEALTH CARE
STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT PROGRAM IN THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING SERVICES FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS IN HEALTH CARE SHORTAGE FIELDS; MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] HEALTH CARE STRATEGIC
RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.--
A. As used in this section:
(1) "department" means the workforce solutions
department;
(2) "program" means the health care strategic
recruitment program; and
(3) "qualified health care provider" means a
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licensed or unlicensed clinical worker in a health care
profession or allied health practice that qualifies for the
program.
B. The "health care strategic recruitment program"
is created in the department. The department, in collaboration
with the health care authority, the department of health and
the higher education department, shall promulgate rules to
enumerate the health care professions and allied health
practices that shall be targeted in the program, including
qualified health care providers in health care shortage fields.
C. The program shall assist in the recruitment of
qualified health care providers, each of whom meets the
following qualifications:
(1) graduated within the last ten years from a
New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution in a
degree- or certificate-granting educational program in a health
care shortage field; and
(2) does not currently work in health care in
the state.
D. The program shall:
(1) assist recruitment efforts of New Mexico
communities, health care facilities and health care practices
for health care shortage fields;
(2) engage in active outreach to New Mexico
graduates who are qualified to work in health care shortage
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fields;
(3) share information about relevant
recruitment incentives that New Mexico offers;
(4) provide navigators to help applicants
through the process of licensing and credentialing and act as a
liaison with agencies as appropriate;
(5) provide other assistance to qualified
health care providers as appropriate;
(6) compile and use relevant alumni contact
data from public post-secondary educational institutions;
(7) track and compile information for relevant
recruitment and retention incentive programs across New Mexico;
and
(8) compile and share with the applicant
information for relevant job openings, housing and community
and area amenities.
E. The department shall report annually to the
governor and the legislature on the success of the program,
including:
(1) analyses of collected data, services
provided and the impact on successful job attainment;
(2) the number of graduates in the total
potential applicant pool;
(3) the number of successful applicants;
(4) the number of successful hires and their
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job sites;
(5) reasons an applicant may or may not want
to apply for the program;
(6) the number of days from recruitment to job
placement;
(7) obstacles that applicants face in the
application process; and
(8) other data the department or the
legislature deems important. The report shall include
recommendations for improvements to the program and necessary
statutory changes.
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
workforce solutions department for expenditure in fiscal year
2026 for staff, equipment, furniture and supplies and other
start-up costs for the health care strategic recruitment
program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
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