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Senate Bill 41—Addressing the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons in New Mexico Through the Turquoise Alert System
New Mexico faces a disproportionate crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives (MMIWR), with Native Americans accounting for 16% of all missing cases in the state.
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Senate Bill 88—New Mexico Medicaid Trust Fund for Rural Health
New Mexico’s Senate Bill 88 establishes a Medicaid Trust Fund and a State-Supported Medicaid Fund, aiming to safeguard health care coverage for vulnerable populations, particularly in rural areas and small towns (New Mexico Legislature, 2025).
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Medicaid Reimbursements for Birth Centers
On April 8, 2025, House Bill 56 was signed into law, enacting landmark Medicaid reforms that establish payment parity between freestanding birth centers and hospitals for maternity services (New Mexico Legislature, 2025).
