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; and B. "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. The 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 after "committee of the" deleted "general services department" and added "health care authority".
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