New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico SB247: NM MEDICAL REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to medical malpractice; allowing a report of a panel of the new mexico medical review commission to be admitted as evidence for the purpose of defending against a plaintiff's action to recover punitive damages when the panel determines there is insufficient evidence of medical malpractice.
From the introduced text, February 3, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE; ALLOWING A REPORT OF A PANEL OF THE NEW MEXICO MEDICAL REVIEW COMMISSION TO BE ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING AGAINST A PLAINTIFF'S ACTION TO RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHEN THE PANEL DETERMINES THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 41-5-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1976, Chapter 2, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read: "41-5-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Medical Malpractice Act: A. "advisory board" means the patient's compensation fund advisory board; B. "control" means equity ownership in a business entity that: .233108.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ (1) represents more than fifty percent of the total voting power of the business entity; or (2) has a value of more than fifty percent of that business entity; C. "fund" means the patient's compensation fund; D. "health care provider" means a person, a corporation, an organization, a facility or an institution licensed or certified by this state to provide health care or professional services as a doctor of medicine, a hospital, an outpatient health care facility, a doctor of osteopathy, a chiropractor, [podiatrist] a podiatric physician, a nurse anesthetist, a physician's assistant, a certified nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist or certified nursemidwife …
Sponsors
- Pat Woods (R, SD-007) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SJC
- : Action Postponed Indefinitely
Subjects: TORTS, HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES
Common questions
- What is SB247?
- SB247 is a bill in the New Mexico Legislature (2026 Regular Session): NM MEDICAL REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT.
- What does SB247 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to medical malpractice; allowing a report of a panel of the new mexico medical review commission to be admitted as evidence for the purpose of defending against a plaintiff's action to recover punitive damages when the panel determines there is insufficient evidence of medical malpractice.
- What is the status of SB247?
- In committee as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SJC (February 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB247?
- Pat Woods (R, SD-007).
- Where is the official record for SB247?
- On the New Mexico Legislature website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=247&year=26
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