SB 103 New Mexico Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REPORT ON DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE

SB 103 requires Medicaid personal care service providers (including agencies and self-directed programs) to submit detailed workforce data to New Mexico's Health Care Authority by March 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. This data includes staffing numbers, wages, benefits, demographics, and overtime hours for direct care workers providing services to Medicaid recipients. The Health Care Authority must analyze this data and publish annual reports, including a 2030 study to recommend reimbursement rates that aim to stabilize the workforce and ensure wages reach 150% of the state minimum wage. The bill directly affects agencies administering Medicaid personal care services and seeks to address workforce challenges through data-driven policy recommendations.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2025

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What changed between versions

introduced version → PA substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was updated from an introduced version to a committee substitute version, primarily changing the formatting and structure while keeping the core policy content largely the same. The substantive policy requirements for reporting direct care workforce data remain unchanged, though some section numbering and organization were restructured.

Scope change

No substantive change in scope; the bill still applies to Medicaid personal care services programs in New Mexico and requires reporting on direct care workers.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was reorganized with different formatting, including changes to line numbering and layout, but the actual policy content remains substantially the same.

DEFINITION

Some definition text was reorganized and renumbered, particularly in the definitions section for terms like 'personal care service provider agency' and 'self-directed community benefit'.

REQUIREMENT

The reporting requirements for agencies and managed care organizations remain the same, though the section structure was reorganized with new subsection letters.

TIMELINE

The key deadlines (March 1, 2026 for agency reporting; July 1, 2026 for authority review; January 1, 2030 for cost study) remain unchanged.

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Committee

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors