New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB558 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	underscored material = new
2	2	[bracketed material] = delete
3	3	1
4	4	2
5	5	3
6	6	4
7	7	5
8	8	6
9	9	7
10	10	8
11	11	9
12	12	10
13	13	11
14	14	12
15	15	13
16	16	14
17	17	15
18	18	16
19	19	17
20	20	18
21	21	19
22	22	20
23	23	21
24	24	22
25	25	23
26	26	24
27	27	25
28	28	SENATE BILL 558
29	29	57
30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
31	31	-
32	32
33	33	STATE
34	34
35	35	OF
36	36
37	37	NEW
38	38
39	39	MEXICO
40	40
41	41	-
42	42	FIRST SESSION
43	43	,
44	44
45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Pete Campos
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; REQUIRING THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO
50	50	SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND
51	51	MEDICAID SERVICES TO DEVELOP A HOME-BASED HEALTH CARE MEDICAID
52	52	WAIVER PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WHO ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR
53	53	OLDER AND DIAGNOSED WITH A CHRONIC DEBILITATING DISEASE; MAKING
54	54	AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
55	55	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
56	56	SECTION 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is
57	57	enacted to read:
58	58	"[NEW MATERIAL] HOME-BASED HEALTH CARE MEDICAID WAIVER.--
59	59	A. As used in this section:
60	60	(1) "chronic debilitating disease" means a
61	61	disease that persists over a long period of time, impairs a
62	62	person's physical or mental abilities and significantly impacts
63	63	.230277.1 underscored material = new
64	64	[bracketed material] = delete
65	65	1
66	66	2
67	67	3
68	68	4
69	69	5
70	70	6
71	71	7
72	72	8
73	73	9
74	74	10
75	75	11
76	76	12
77	77	13
78	78	14
79	79	15
80	80	16
81	81	17
82	82	18
83	83	19
84	84	20
85	85	21
86	86	22
87	87	23
88	88	24
89	89	25
90	90	a person's quality of life; and
91	91	(2) "home-based health care" means health care
92	92	services provided to a person in the person's home or place of
93	93	residence. "Home-based health care" includes the following
94	94	services provided in a person's home or place of residence:
95	95	(a) skilled nursing;
96	96	(b) home health aide services;
97	97	(c) palliative care;
98	98	(d) primary care;
99	99	(e) personal care services;
100	100	(f) in-home respite care;
101	101	(g) physical therapy;
102	102	(h) occupational therapy;
103	103	(i) speech therapy; and
104	104	(j) non-emergency medical
105	105	transportation.
106	106	B. No later than August 1, 2025, the authority
107	107	shall submit an application to the federal centers for medicare
108	108	and medicaid services for authorization to develop and
109	109	implement a medicaid waiver program that would provide home-
110	110	based health care services to individuals who are sixty-five
111	111	years of age or older and diagnosed with a chronic debilitating
112	112	disease. If the federal centers for medicare and medicaid
113	113	services approves the waiver application, the authority shall
114	114	promulgate rules to implement and administer the waiver
115	115	.230277.1
116	116	- 2 - underscored material = new
117	117	[bracketed material] = delete
118	118	1
119	119	2
120	120	3
121	121	4
122	122	5
123	123	6
124	124	7
125	125	8
126	126	9
127	127	10
128	128	11
129	129	12
130	130	13
131	131	14
132	132	15
133	133	16
134	134	17
135	135	18
136	136	19
137	137	20
138	138	21
139	139	22
140	140	23
141	141	24
142	142	25
143	143	program, subject to the availability of state funds and
144	144	consistent with the federal Social Security Act. The rules
145	145	shall:
146	146	(1) be developed in consultation with persons
147	147	with chronic debilitating diseases and health care providers;
148	148	(2) create an application process to allow
149	149	people to apply to participate in the waiver program; and
150	150	(3) provide for a system of home-based health
151	151	care services that seniors with chronic debilitating diseases
152	152	can access."
153	153	SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
154	154	($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
155	155	health care authority for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 and
156	156	2026 to develop a waiver application for a home-based health
157	157	care program for people who are sixty-five years of age or
158	158	older and diagnosed with a chronic debilitating disease. Any
159	159	unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
160	160	fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
161	161	SECTION 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
162	162	peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
163	163	- 3 -
164	164	.230277.1