HOUSE BILL 257

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Pamelya Herndon and Patricia A. Lundstrom

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO ENSURE FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION TO MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred seventy thousand dollars ($370,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2027 to ensure full reimbursement for health care providers who provide vagus nerve stimulation to medicaid recipients. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.

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