New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB279: HEALTHCARE PRIVACY & SAFETY PROTECTIONS
Status: Failed, February 14, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to health care privacy; strengthening privacy protections for health care information; restricting location tracking at reproductive health care provider and gender-affirming health care provider facilities; amending licensing requirements for certain hospitals; strengthening privacy protections for providers who prescribe drugs for reproductive health care; providing for reproductive health care providers and gender-affirming health care providers to participate in the confidential substitute address act.
From the committee substitute text, February 11, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PRIVACY; STRENGTHENING PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE INFORMATION; RESTRICTING LOCATION TRACKING AT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FACILITIES; AMENDING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN HOSPITALS; STRENGTHENING PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR PROVIDERS WHO PRESCRIBE DRUGS FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE; PROVIDING FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFIDENTIAL SUBSTITUTE ADDRESS ACT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 24-35-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2023, Chapter 167, Section 4) is amended to read: "24-35-4. FOREIGN SUBPOENAS, [AND] SUMMONSES AND OTHER REQUESTS.-- .233920.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ HHHC/HB A. A party shall not submit a foreign subpoena or summons for discovery or a witness to provide testimony related to an interstate investigation or proceeding that seeks to impose civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action related to a protected health care activity unless the requesting party submits an attestation, signed under the penalty of perjury, that the foreign subpoena or summons relates to an out-of-state action for which the same claim exists under the laws of this state. B. An individual or entity served with a subpoena that is in violation of this section shall notify the issuing court and the moving party of the …