MI VIA WAIVER PGM. PROVIDER GROSS RECEIPTS

HB 357 prevents New Mexico's Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver program (MI VIA) from including healthcare providers' gross receipts taxes when calculating individual participant budgets. The bill requires the health care authority to create rules ensuring these taxes are billed and reimbursed separately as an additional cost, not deducted from a participant's approved annual budget. This directly affects MI VIA program participants (typically individuals receiving home care services through Medicaid) and healthcare providers who serve them. The law, signed on April 8, 2025, changes how provider tax costs are handled within the waiver program's funding structure.