New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB371 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 371
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	William E. Sharer
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; INCREASING THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR
50	50	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
51	51	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
52	52	SECTION 1. A new section of the Public Health Act is
53	53	enacted to read:
54	54	"[NEW MATERIAL] REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SAFETY
55	55	REQUIREMENTS.--
56	56	A. Except for a medication abortion, an abortion
57	57	shall only be provided by a licensed physician in a health
58	58	facility licensed by the health care authority.
59	59	B. A drug used to induce a medication abortion
60	60	shall only be prescribed by a licensed physician and dispensed
61	61	by a pharmacy licensed pursuant to the Pharmacy Act.
62	62	C. A person found to have knowingly and willfully
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90	90	violated the provisions of this section shall be subject to a
91	91	civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
92	92	D. For the purposes of this section, "medication
93	93	abortion" means the use or prescription of any drug for the
94	94	purpose of inducing an abortion."
95	95	SECTION 2. Section 24-34-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2023,
96	96	Chapter 11, Section 3) is amended to read:
97	97	"24-34-3. PUBLIC BODY PROHIBITED ACTION.--
98	98	A. A public body or an entity or individual acting
99	99	on behalf of or within the scope of the authority of a public
100	100	body shall not discriminate against a person based on that
101	101	person's use of or refusal to use reproductive health care or
102	102	gender-affirming health care services.
103	103	B. A public body or an entity or individual acting
104	104	on behalf of or within the scope of the authority of a public
105	105	body shall not deny, restrict or interfere with a person's
106	106	ability to access or provide reproductive health care or
107	107	gender-affirming health care within the medical standard of
108	108	care. For the purposes of this subsection, an abortion is only
109	109	within the medical standard of care if the abortion is provided
110	110	by a licensed physician in a health facility licensed by the
111	111	health care authority.
112	112	C. A public body or an entity or individual acting
113	113	on behalf of or within the scope of the authority of a public
114	114	body shall not deprive, through prosecution, punishment or
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143	143	other means, a person's ability to act or refrain from acting
144	144	during the person's pregnancy based on the potential, actual or
145	145	perceived effect on the pregnancy.
146	146	D. A public body or an entity or individual acting
147	147	on behalf of or within the scope of the authority of a public
148	148	body shall not impose or continue in effect any law, ordinance,
149	149	policy or regulation that violates or conflicts with the
150	150	provisions of the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care
151	151	Freedom Act.
152	152	E. Nothing in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming
153	153	Health Care Freedom Act shall be construed to require a health
154	154	care provider or entity to provide care:
155	155	(1) that the health care provider or entity
156	156	does not otherwise provide or have a duty to provide under
157	157	state or federal law;
158	158	(2) when the provision of service is against
159	159	the medical judgment of the treating health care provider while
160	160	acting within the standard of care; or
161	161	(3) when an individual does not provide
162	162	payment or a source of payment for the service when it is
163	163	required in the ordinary course of business, unless the health
164	164	care provider has a duty to provide services under state or
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166	166	F. Nothing in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming
167	167	Health Care Freedom Act shall be construed to require a managed
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196	196	care organization or health insurance company to cover claims
197	197	that are not otherwise required to be covered by the terms and
198	198	conditions of an insurance contract, managed care contract or
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