As used in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act:A. 'gender-affirming health care' means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies provided to support an individual's gender identity;B. 'protected health care activity' means:(1) seeking, providing or receiving reproductive or gender-affirming health care; or(2) assisting an individual who is seeking, receiving or providing reproductive or gender-affirming health care, including providing:(a) information; (b) transportation;(c) lodging; or(d) material support;C. 'public body' means a state or local government, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or a branch of government that receives public funding, including political subdivisions, special tax districts, school districts and institutions of higher education; andD. 'reproductive health care' means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies that relate to the human reproductive system, including services related to:(1) preventing a pregnancy;(2) abortion; (3) managing a pregnancy loss;(4) ceutical and medical care, services and supplies that relate to the human reproductive system, including services related to:(1) preventing a pregnancy;(2) abortion; (3) managing a pregnancy loss;(4) prenatal, birth, perinatal and postpartum health;(5) managing perimenopause and menopause;(6) managing infertility;(7) treating cancers of the reproductive system; or(8) preventing sexually transmitted infections.History: Laws 2023, ch. 167, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2023, ch. 167 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2023, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
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