As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:

1. A. "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and

2. B. "publicly funded health care agency" means the:

   1. (1) state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority;
   2. (2) retiree health care authority;
   3. (3) public school insurance authority; and
   4. (4) publicly funded health care program of any public school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 19.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, revised the definitions of the terms "consolidated purchasing" and "publicly funded health care agency" as used in the Health Care Purchasing Act; in Subsection A, after "procurement of" added "and contracting for"; and in Subsection B, Paragraph B(1), deleted "risk management" and added "state health benefits", and after "committee of the" deleted "general services department" and added "health care authority".

13-7-3. Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2027.)

As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:

A. "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 through 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and

B. "publicly funded health care agency" means the:

(1) state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority;

(2) retiree health care authority; and

(3) public school insurance authority.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 19; 2026, ch. 52, § 2.

The 2026 amendment, effective July 1, 2027, revised the definition of "publicly funded health care agency" as used in the Health Care Purchasing Act; in Subsection B, deleted Paragraph B(4), which provided "publicly funded health care program of any public school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students".