New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico SB220: PERSONAL CARE SERVICE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
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, February 3, 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 .233707.1 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 …
Sponsors
- Shannon D. Pinto (D, SD-003) · primary sponsor
- Rebecca Dow (R, HD-038)
Latest actions
- : Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SFC
- : Action Postponed Indefinitely
Subjects: INSURANCE, EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE (including workers' comp), HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES
Common questions
- What is SB220?
- SB220 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): PERSONAL CARE SERVICE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.
- What does SB220 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 SB220?
- In committee as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SFC (February 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB220?
- Shannon D. Pinto (D, SD-003), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB220?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=220&year=26
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