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4646 INTRODUCED BY
4747 Jeff Steinborn and Carrie Hamblen and William E. Sharer
4848 and Craig W. Brandt
4949 AN ACT
5050 RELATING TO TAXATION; PROVIDING A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX DEDUCTION
5151 FOR THE SALE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND DRUGS;
5252 PROVIDING A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX DEDUCTION TO RECEIPTS FOR
5353 CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES, EXCEPT FOR THOSE FOR MEDICAID
5454 PATIENTS; REMOVING THE SUNSET DATE OF A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
5555 DEDUCTION FOR RECEIPTS FROM COPAYMENTS OR DEDUCTIBLES PAID BY
5656 AN INSURED OR ENROLLEE TO A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OR AN
5757 ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS; EXTENDING A GROSS
5858 RECEIPTS TAX DEDUCTION TO RECEIPTS FROM A PATIENT PAID TO A
5959 HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OR AN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE
6060 PRACTITIONERS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT ARE NOT PERFORMED
6161 PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION OR
6262 HEALTH CARE INSURER; PROVIDING THAT A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
6363 RECEIVING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL
6464 APPLICABLE GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES THAT THE PROVIDER IS REQUIRED
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9292 TO PAY.
9393 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
9494 SECTION 1. Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004,
9595 Chapter 116, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
9696 "7-9-93. DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS--CERTAIN RECEIPTS FOR
9797 SERVICES PROVIDED BY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OR ASSOCIATION OF
9898 HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.--
9999 A. Receipts of a health care practitioner or an
100100 association of health care practitioners for commercial
101101 contract services or medicare part C services paid by a managed
102102 care organization or health care insurer may be deducted from
103103 gross receipts if the services are within the scope of practice
104104 of the health care practitioner providing the service.
105105 [Receipts from fee-for-service payments by a health care
106106 insurer may not be deducted from gross receipts. ]
107107 B. [Prior to July 1, 2028 ] Receipts from a
108108 copayment or deductible paid by an insured or enrollee to a
109109 health care practitioner or an association of health care
110110 practitioners for commercial contract services pursuant to the
111111 terms of the insured's health insurance plan or enrollee's
112112 managed care health plan may be deducted from gross receipts if
113113 the services are within the scope of practice of the health
114114 care practitioner providing the service.
115115 C. Receipts from a patient to a health care
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144144 practitioner or an association of health care practitioners for
145145 health care services that are not performed pursuant to a
146146 contract with a managed care organization or health care
147147 insurer may be deducted from gross receipts if the services are
148148 within the scope of practice of the health care practitioner
149149 providing the service.
150150 [C.] D. The deductions provided by this section
151151 shall be applied only to gross receipts remaining after all
152152 other allowable deductions available under the Gross Receipts
153153 and Compensating Tax Act have been taken, except for deductions
154154 pursuant to Section 7-9-93.1 NMSA 1978.
155155 [D.] E. A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to
156156 this section shall report the amount of the deduction
157157 separately in a manner required by the department.
158158 [E. The department shall compile an annual report
159159 on the deductions provided by this section that shall include
160160 the number of taxpayers that claimed the deductions, the
161161 aggregate amount of deductions claimed and any other
162162 information necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the
163163 deductions. The department shall present the report to the
164164 revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the
165165 legislative finance committee with an analysis of the cost of
166166 the deductions.]
167167 F. The deductions provided by this section shall be
168168 included in the tax expenditure budget pursuant to Section
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197197 7-1-84 NMSA 1978, including the number of taxpayers that
198198 claimed each deduction, the aggregate amount of deductions
199199 claimed and any other information necessary to evaluate the
200200 cost and effectiveness of the deductions.
201201 [F.] G. As used in this section:
202202 (1) "association of health care practitioners"
203203 means a corporation, an unincorporated business entity or other
204204 legal entity organized by, owned by or employing one or more
205205 health care practitioners; provided that the entity is not:
206206 (a) an organization granted exemption
207207 from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner
208208 of internal revenue as organizations described in Section
209209 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
210210 as that section may be amended or renumbered; or
211211 (b) a health maintenance organization or
212212 a hospital, hospice, nursing home or an entity that is solely
213213 an outpatient facility or intermediate care facility licensed
214214 [pursuant to the Public Health Act ] by the health care
215215 authority;
216216 (2) "commercial contract services" means
217217 health care services performed by a health care practitioner
218218 pursuant to a contract with a managed care organization or
219219 health care insurer other than those health care services
220220 provided for medicare patients pursuant to Title 18 of the
221221 federal Social Security Act or for medicaid patients pursuant
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250250 to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act;
251251 (3) "copayment" means a fixed dollar amount
252252 that a health care insurer or managed care health plan requires
253253 an insured or enrollee to pay upon incurring an expense for
254254 receiving medical services;
255255 (4) "deductible" means the amount of covered
256256 charges an insured or enrollee is required to pay in a plan
257257 year for commercial contract services before the insured's
258258 health insurance plan or enrollee's managed care health plan
259259 begins to pay for applicable covered charges;
260260 [(5) "fee-for-service" means payment for
261261 health care services by a health care insurer for covered
262262 charges under an indemnity insurance plan;
263263 (6)] (5) "health care insurer" means a person
264264 that:
265265 (a) has a valid certificate of authority
266266 in good standing pursuant to the New Mexico Insurance Code to
267267 act as an insurer, health maintenance organization or nonprofit
268268 health care plan or prepaid dental plan; and
269269 (b) contracts to reimburse licensed
270270 health care practitioners for providing basic health services
271271 to enrollees at negotiated fee rates;
272272 [(7)] (6) "health care practitioner" means:
273273 (a) a chiropractic physician licensed
274274 pursuant to the provisions of the Chiropractic Physician
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303303 Practice Act;
304304 (b) a dentist or dental hygienist
305305 licensed pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act;
306306 (c) a doctor of oriental medicine
307307 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Acupuncture and
308308 Oriental Medicine Practice Act;
309309 (d) an optometrist licensed pursuant to
310310 the provisions of the Optometry Act;
311311 (e) an osteopathic physician licensed
312312 pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Practice Act;
313313 (f) a physical therapist licensed
314314 pursuant to the provisions of the Physical Therapy Act;
315315 (g) a physician or physician assistant
316316 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Practice
317317 Act;
318318 (h) a podiatric physician licensed
319319 pursuant to the provisions of the Podiatry Act;
320320 (i) a psychologist licensed pursuant to
321321 the provisions of the Professional Psychologist Act;
322322 (j) a registered lay midwife registered
323323 by the department of health;
324324 (k) a registered nurse or licensed
325325 practical nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of the
326326 Nursing Practice Act;
327327 (l) a registered occupational therapist
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356356 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Occupational Therapy
357357 Act;
358358 (m) a respiratory care practitioner
359359 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Respiratory Care
360360 Act;
361361 (n) a speech-language pathologist or
362362 audiologist licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology,
363363 Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;
364364 (o) a professional clinical mental
365365 health counselor, marriage and family therapist or professional
366366 art therapist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the
367367 Counseling and Therapy Practice Act who has obtained a master's
368368 degree or a doctorate;
369369 (p) an independent social worker
370370 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Social Work Practice
371371 Act; and
372372 (q) a clinical laboratory that is
373373 accredited pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 263a but that is not a
374374 laboratory in a physician's office or in a hospital defined
375375 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1395x;
376376 [(8)] (7) "managed care health plan" means a
377377 health care plan offered by a managed care organization that
378378 provides for the delivery of comprehensive basic health care
379379 services and medically necessary services to individuals
380380 enrolled in the plan other than those services provided to
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409409 medicare patients pursuant to Title 18 of the federal Social
410410 Security Act [or to medicaid patients pursuant to Title 19 or
411411 Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act ];
412412 [(9)] (8) "managed care organization" means a
413413 person that provides for the delivery of comprehensive basic
414414 health care services and medically necessary services to
415415 individuals enrolled in a plan through its own employed health
416416 care providers or by contracting with selected or participating
417417 health care providers. "Managed care organization" includes
418418 only those persons that provide comprehensive basic health care
419419 services to enrollees on a contract basis, including the
420420 following:
421421 (a) health maintenance organizations;
422422 (b) preferred provider organizations;
423423 (c) individual practice associations;
424424 (d) competitive medical plans;
425425 (e) exclusive provider organizations;
426426 (f) integrated delivery systems;
427427 (g) independent physician-provider
428428 organizations;
429429 (h) physician hospital-provider
430430 organizations; and
431431 (i) managed care services organizations;
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462462 services performed pursuant to a contract with a managed health
463463 care provider for medicare patients pursuant to Title 18 of the
464464 federal Social Security Act."
465465 SECTION 2. A new section of the Gross Receipts and
466466 Compensating Tax Act, Section 7-9-93.1 NMSA 1978, is enacted to
467467 read:
468468 "7-9-93.1. [NEW MATERIAL ] DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS--
469469 CERTAIN RECEIPTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY HEALTH CARE
470470 PRACTITIONER OR ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS EXCEPT
471471 FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS--MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND DRUGS.--
472472 A. Except for those receipts that may be deducted
473473 from gross receipts pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978,
474474 receipts of a health care practitioner or an association of
475475 health care practitioners for health care services, other than
476476 services provided for medicaid patients pursuant to Title 19 or
477477 Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act, performed by a
478478 health care practitioner may be deducted from gross receipts if
479479 the services are within the scope of practice of the health
480480 care practitioner providing the service.
481481 B. Receipts from the sale of medical equipment and
482482 medical supplies to a health care practitioner or an
483483 association of health care practitioners may be deducted from
484484 gross receipts if the medical equipment and medical supplies
485485 are regularly used within the practice of the health care
486486 practitioner or association of health care practitioners.
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515515 C. Receipts from the sale of medical drugs to a
516516 health care practitioner or an association of health care
517517 practitioners may be deducted from gross receipts if the
518518 medical drugs are regularly used for the treatment of patients
519519 within the practice of the health care practitioner or
520520 association of health care practitioners.
521521 D. The deductions provided by this section shall be
522522 applied only to gross receipts remaining after all other
523523 allowable deductions available under the Gross Receipts and
524524 Compensating Tax Act have been taken.
525525 E. A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to this
526526 section shall report the amount of the deduction separately in
527527 a manner required by the department.
528528 F. The deduction provided by this section shall be
529529 included in the tax expenditure budget pursuant to Section
530530 7-1-84 NMSA 1978, including the number of taxpayers that
531531 claimed each deduction, the aggregate amount of deductions
532532 claimed and any other information necessary to evaluate the
533533 cost and effectiveness of the deductions.
534534 G. As used in this section:
535535 (1) "association of health care practitioners"
536536 means a corporation, unincorporated business entity or other
537537 legal entity organized by, owned by or employing one or more
538538 health care practitioners; provided that the entity is not:
539539 (a) an organization granted exemption
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568568 from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner
569569 of internal revenue as organizations described in Section
570570 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
571571 as that section may be amended or renumbered; or
572572 (b) a health maintenance organization or
573573 a hospital, hospice, nursing home or an entity that is solely
574574 an outpatient facility or intermediate care facility licensed
575575 by the health care authority;
576576 (2) "copayment" means a fixed dollar amount
577577 that a health care insurer or managed care health plan requires
578578 an insured or enrollee to pay upon incurring an expense for
579579 receiving medical services;
580580 (3) "deductible" means the amount of covered
581581 charges an insured or enrollee is required to pay in a plan
582582 year for commercial contract services before the insured's
583583 health insurance plan or enrollee's managed care health plan
584584 begins to pay for applicable covered charges;
585585 (4) "health care insurer" means a person that:
586586 (a) has a valid certificate of authority
587587 in good standing pursuant to the New Mexico Insurance Code to
588588 act as an insurer, health maintenance organization or nonprofit
589589 health care plan or prepaid dental plan; and
590590 (b) contracts to reimburse licensed
591591 health care practitioners for providing basic health services
592592 to enrollees at negotiated fee rates;
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621621 (5) "health care practitioner" means:
622622 (a) a chiropractic physician licensed
623623 pursuant to the provisions of the Chiropractic Physician
624624 Practice Act;
625625 (b) a dentist or dental hygienist
626626 licensed pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act;
627627 (c) a doctor of oriental medicine
628628 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Acupuncture and
629629 Oriental Medicine Practice Act;
630630 (d) an optometrist licensed pursuant to
631631 the provisions of the Optometry Act;
632632 (e) an osteopathic physician licensed
633633 pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Practice Act;
634634 (f) a physical therapist licensed
635635 pursuant to the provisions of the Physical Therapy Act;
636636 (g) a physician or physician assistant
637637 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Practice
638638 Act;
639639 (h) a podiatric physician licensed
640640 pursuant to the provisions of the Podiatry Act;
641641 (i) a psychologist licensed pursuant to
642642 the provisions of the Professional Psychologist Act;
643643 (j) a registered lay midwife registered
644644 by the department of health;
645645 (k) a registered nurse or licensed
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674674 practical nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of the
675675 Nursing Practice Act;
676676 (l) a registered occupational therapist
677677 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Occupational Therapy
678678 Act;
679679 (m) a respiratory care practitioner
680680 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Respiratory Care
681681 Act;
682682 (n) a speech-language pathologist or
683683 audiologist licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology,
684684 Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;
685685 (o) a professional clinical mental
686686 health counselor, marriage and family therapist or professional
687687 art therapist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the
688688 Counseling and Therapy Practice Act who has obtained a master's
689689 degree or a doctorate;
690690 (p) an independent social worker
691691 licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Social Work Practice
692692 Act;
693693 (q) a clinical laboratory that is
694694 accredited pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 263a but that is not a
695695 laboratory in a physician's office or in a hospital defined
696696 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1395x; and
697697 (r) a naturopathic doctor licensed
698698 pursuant to the provisions of the Naturopathic Doctors'
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727727 Practice Act;
728728 (6) "managed care health plan" means a health
729729 care plan offered by a managed care organization that provides
730730 for the delivery of comprehensive basic health care services
731731 and medically necessary services to individuals enrolled in the
732732 plan other than those services provided to medicare patients
733733 pursuant to Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act or to
734734 medicaid patients pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the
735735 federal Social Security Act;
736736 (7) "managed care organization" means a person
737737 that provides for the delivery of comprehensive basic health
738738 care services and medically necessary services to individuals
739739 enrolled in a plan through its own employed health care
740740 providers or by contracting with selected or participating
741741 health care providers. "Managed care organization" includes
742742 only those persons that provide comprehensive basic health care
743743 services to enrollees on a contract basis, including the
744744 following:
745745 (a) health maintenance organizations;
746746 (b) preferred provider organizations;
747747 (c) individual practice associations;
748748 (d) competitive medical plans;
749749 (e) exclusive provider organizations;
750750 (f) integrated delivery systems;
751751 (g) independent physician-provider
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780780 organizations;
781781 (h) physician hospital-provider
782782 organizations; and
783783 (i) managed care services organizations;
784784 (8) "medical equipment and supplies" means
785785 items or devices that are primarily and customarily used to
786786 serve a medical purpose for a course of medical treatment; and
787787 (9) "medicare part C services" means services
788788 performed pursuant to a contract with a managed health care
789789 provider for medicare patients pursuant to Title 18 of the
790790 federal Social Security Act."
791791 SECTION 3. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is
792792 enacted to read:
793793 "[NEW MATERIAL] REIMBURSEMENT FOR GROSS RECEIPTS
794794 TAXES.--When a health care provider receives medicaid
795795 reimbursement for providing health care services to a
796796 recipient, the health care provider shall be reimbursed for all
797797 applicable gross receipts taxes that the health care provider
798798 is required to pay. As used in this section, "medicaid" means
799799 the federal-state program administered by the authority
800800 pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security
801801 Act."
802802 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
803803 provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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