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SENATE BILL 261
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Pete Campos
AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH; CREATING THE HUB-AND-SPOKE PILOT
PROJECT AS A FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH TO DELIVER PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE STATE; DEFINING TERMS;
PROVIDING FOR PROJECT GOALS AND PARAMETERS; ASSIGNING DUTIES;
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] HUB-AND-SPOKE PILOT PROJECT.--
A. As used in this section:
(1) "cooperative care team" mean a preventive
health care provider team that consists of a licensed school
nurse, a licensed primary care provider, a licensed behavioral
health care provider, a certified athletic trainer and a
certified community health care worker;
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(2) "department" means the department of
health;
(3) "hub-and-spoke care model" means a health
care delivery network in which a comprehensive primary care
clinic serves as the hub of the network and satellite
facilities or mobile services serve as the spokes of the
network;
(4) "preventive health care" means services to
prevent or detect illness, disease and other health problems or
stop or slow the progression of those health problems and
includes screenings and checkups, sports physicals, mental
health counseling and case management; and
(5) "project" means the hub-and-spoke pilot
project.
B. The "hub-and-spoke pilot project" is created as
a five-year pilot project in the department to study the
feasibility of delivering preventive health care at public
schools in underserved areas of the state through a hub-and-
spoke care model and to measure how access to preventive health
care influences student health and academic outcomes and public
health more broadly.
C. The project shall be implemented in the
department's northeast region; the hub shall be a federally
qualified health center in San Miguel county; the spokes shall
be public schools in at least five school districts; and
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preventive health care shall be provided by a cooperative care
team at all participating public schools.
D. The department shall:
(1) contract for services with a federally
qualified health center;
(2) collect and compile data regarding student
health and academic outcomes and public health implications
related to the project;
(3) collaborate with the public education
department, which shall assist the department in measuring
student academic outcomes; and
(4) report periodically on the project's
implementation to the legislative health and human services
committee and provide a final report to the governor and the
legislature by November 1, 2030.
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--One million seven hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($1,750,000) is appropriated from the
general fund to the department of health for expenditure in
fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to implement and administer the
hub-and-spoke pilot project. Any unexpended or unencumbered
balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2030 shall revert
to the general fund.
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