HB 257

                                1  HOUSE BILL 257
                                2     57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4    Pamelya Herndon and Patricia A. Lundstrom and D. Wonda Johnson
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO ENSURE
                                12   FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE VAGUS
                                13   NERVE STIMULATION TO MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.
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                                15   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                16        SECTION 1.   APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred seventy thousand
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                                17   dollars ($370,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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                                18   health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2027 to
                                19   ensure full reimbursement for health care providers who provide
                                20   vagus nerve stimulation to medicaid recipients.   Any unexpended
                                21   balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2027 shall revert
                                22   to the general fund.
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