New Mexico HB83: PERSONAL CARE SERVICES MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT

What the bill says

An act relating to labor; requiring the health care authority to set a minimum medicaid fee schedule for reimbursing personal care services; requiring at least seventy percent of medicaid reimbursement for personal care services to be used for covering direct care workforce expenditures; making an appropriation.

From the introduced text, January 15, 2026:

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR; REQUIRING THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO SET A MINIMUM MEDICAID FEE SCHEDULE FOR REIMBURSING PERSONAL CARE SERVICES; REQUIRING AT LEAST SEVENTY PERCENT OF MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES TO BE USED FOR COVERING DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE EXPENDITURES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is enacted to read: "[NEW MATERIAL] MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES.-- A. For the purposes of this section: (1) "consumer-delegated personal care services" means an arrangement in which a medicaid recipient .232609.3 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ chooses a personal care services provider agency to be responsible for delivering all personal care services to that medicaid recipient; (2) "consumer-directed personal care services" means an arrangement in which a medicaid recipient has control over all decisions relating to the delivery of personal care services to the medicaid recipient and a personal care services provider agency acts as a fiscal intermediary; (3) "direct care worker" means a nonadministrative employee of a personal care services provider agency who spends the majority of the employee's work hours providing personal care services; (4) "direct care workforce expenditures" means the sum of all wages, employee-related expenses and training and supervision costs reasonably attributable to …

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Sponsors

• Rebecca Dow (R, HD-038) · primary sponsor
• Joseph Sanchez (D, HD-040)
• Mark Duncan (R, HD-002)
• Joseph Franklin Hernandez (D, HD-004)
• Gail Armstrong (R, HD-049)
• Marian Matthews (D, HD-027)

Latest actions

1. January 22, 2026: Not Printed
2. : Action Postponed Indefinitely
3. : Sent to HPREF - Referrals: HPREF

Common questions

What is HB83?

HB83 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): PERSONAL CARE SERVICES MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.

What does HB83 do?

In its own words: An act relating to labor; requiring the health care authority to set a minimum medicaid fee schedule for reimbursing personal care services; requiring at least seventy percent of medicaid reimbursement for personal care services to be used for covering direct care workforce expenditures; making an appropriation.

What is the status of HB83?

Failed as of January 22, 2026. Latest action: Not Printed (January 22, 2026).

Who sponsored HB83?

Rebecca Dow (R, HD-038), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB83?

On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=83&year=26