Extensive revisions to New Mexico’s medical marijuana program that would automatically allow all military veterans to qualify as patients are advancing in the state Legislature. The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed the proposed legislation on Wednesday despite objections from members to the veterans’ eligibility provisions.
Category: New Mexico
Gov. Martinez releases details on proposed state solvency package
… to state employee contribution. The elimination of some credits and assessments paid by Medicaid to the New Mexico Health Exchange and New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool (total of $17 million recurring). A hard one to swallow, according to Ly, is the …
Rural New Mexico exports mentoring model for physicians
… opioids, while many prescription addicts have transitioned to cheaper heroin. Under the ECHO Act, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department – which oversees Medicare and Medicaid – will review the mentoring programs and look at ways they could …
About 70 employees get sick after health department party
… A spokesman says more than 200 employees attended the catered luncheon at the Harold Runnels Building in Santa Fe. Health Secretary Lynn Gallgher said Monday that investigators have not identified a specific contaminated food. She told her staff …