SENATE BILL 5

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

INTRODUCED BY

Angel M. Charley and Cindy Nava and Katy M. Duhigg

and Pete Campos

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND PHYSICIAN RESIDENCY POSITIONS IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three million dollars ($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal years 2027 through 2029 for the university of New Mexico's graduate medical education program to assist hospitals in the state to develop and expand physician residencies in family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics in medically underserved rural areas of the state. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2029 shall revert to the general fund.