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HOUSE BILL 349
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Eleanor Chávez and Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson
AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH INFORMATION; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH TO CONTRACT WITH AN ENTITY OR MULTIPLE ENTITIES TO
DEVELOP A TOTAL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE DATABASE; MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Health Information System
Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] TOTAL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE DATABASE.--
By October 1, 2025, the department shall issue a request for
proposals to contract with an entity or multiple entities to
develop a total health care expenditure database as part of the
health information system. The total health care expenditure
database shall collect information on:
A. health care claim payments across all payer
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categories, including private payers, public programs,
commercial carriers and self-insured employers;
B. nonclaim payments, including prescription drug
spending and payments for health insurance premiums; and
C. nonmedical drivers of health care costs,
including transportation costs for rural health care
providers."
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2026 and
2027 to contract with an entity or multiple entities to develop
a total health care expenditure database as part of the health
information system. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
remaining at the end of fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the
general fund.
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