Legislation


HB 112 – New Mexico

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2021
Link: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=112&year=21

Health Benefits For Certain Non-citizens: An Act relating to health; requiring provision of health-related benefits and service for indigent patients regardless of immigration status. House Bill 112 requires hospitals providing indigent care (county hospitals and those hospitals contracting with a county) to treat all non-citizens equally regardless of immigration status. It provides a new section of law (Section 1 of this bill) prohibiting discrimination based on immigration status “consistent with the prohibitions against discrimination set forth pursuant to New Mexico law.”


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