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§ 13-7-3 NMSA 1978

Definitions

Known as the Health Care Purchasing Act

The act spans §§ 13–13 (48 sections).

Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 19

As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:

A. "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [ 13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and

B. "publicly funded health care agency" means the:

(1) state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority;

(2) retiree health care authority;

(3) public school insurance authority; and

(4) publicly funded health care program of any public school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students.

As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:

A. "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [ 13-1-28 through 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and

B. "publicly funded health care agency" means the:

(1) state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority;

(2) retiree health care authority; and

(3) public school insurance authority.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.