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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico allocates $20 million to create physician residency programs and positions
Last action · February 10, 2026: SHPAC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendationSponsor: Bill Soules
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 222 appropriates $20 million from the general fund to the New Mexico Health Care Authority to establish new programs and positions across s 2027 through 2029.
The measure injects $20 million in state funds specifically to expand medical training capacity, with any unspent money returning to the general fund after 2029.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Health Care Authority
The agency receives a $20,000,000 appropriation to create and oversee new physician residency programs and positions.
Physician residents
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 10, 2026SenateSHPAC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Feb 4, 2026SenateSCC: Reported by committee to fall within the purview of a 30 day session
- Feb 3, 2026SenateCommitteeSent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SFC
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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