As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:A. 'consolidated purchasing' means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; andB. 'publicly funded health care agency' means the:(1) state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority;(2) retiree health care authority;(3) public school insurance authority; and (4) publicly funded health care program of any public school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students.History: Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 19.ANNOTATIONSThe 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, revised the definitions of the terms 'consolidated purchasing' and 'publicly funded health care agency' as used in the Health Care Purchasing Act; in Subsection A, after 'procurement of' added 'and contracting for'; and in Subsection B, Paragraph B(1), deleted 'risk management' and added 'state health benefits', and Health Care Purchasing Act; in Subsection A, after 'procurement of' added 'and contracting for'; and in Subsection B, Paragraph B(1), deleted 'risk management' and added 'state health benefits', and after 'committee of the' deleted 'general services department' and added 'health care authority'.
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