Lawmakers in New Mexico – one of the most radically pro-abortion states in the nation – have introduced HB 7 entitled “Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Health Care .” Today - March 1, 2023, the New Mexico Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on HB 7. While this bill is . . .
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New Mexico Patients’ Debt Collection Practices Act Signed by Governor
The bill includes requirements for medical bill collections from lower-income households and health care providers’ financial assistance policies.
4/7/2021 10:30 AM
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill to prevent health care providers from sending medical bills to collections or filing medical debt lawsuits for people whose household income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level this week. The state’s deadline for the governor to sign legislation is April 9.
The Patients’ Debt Collection Practices Act, sponsored by State Reps. Katy Duhigg, Martin Hickey and Deborah Armstrong, was passed by the New Mexico Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee Feb. 18 and referred to the New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee, where it passed with a committee substitution.
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