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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico House Directs Legislative Finance Committee to Study Health Insurance Expansion for Higher Education Workers
Last action · February 19, 2026: Passed in the House of Representatives - Y:36 N:23Sponsors: Pat Roybal Caballero and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The New Mexico House of Representatives requests that the study and report on options to expand health insurance access for all public higher education educators and graduate student employees by October 1, 2026. The resolution directs an evaluation of coverage availability, fiscal impacts, funding approaches, and workforce effects across all public higher education institutions in the state.
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.
Graduate student employees
Temporary part-time faculty
Public higher education institutions
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is required to conduct the study on higher education health insurance?
When is the report due?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 19, 2026HouseFloorPassed in the House of Representatives - Y:36 N:23
- Feb 2, 2026HouseHEC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation
- Jan 27, 2026HouseCommitteeSent to HEC - Referrals: HEC
Version history
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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