New Mexico governor adds medical malpractice bill to special session [The Santa Fe New Mexican]
Dec. 10—Gov.
The legislation was added on the fourth day of a special session focused on redistricting and allocating at least hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid.
The governor's request came just weeks before
That act puts a
But the law is unclear when it comes to independent providers who also serve as hospital contractors.
The problem, said
In a worst-case scenario, she said, if the law is not amended, "outpatient health care facilities would not be able to find insurance, so they would close."
She said medical providers, lawyers and the Governor's Office began meeting to address the problem about a month ago.
Two Democratic lawmakers — Rep.
Jung said the legislation will also allow providers who work in a hospital to be covered under the hospital's insurance when they work there, so "you don't have to carry the larger policy as an independent when you are working in a hospital setting."
"Think of a pediatrician who has a day job, a little practice, but they go to the hospital to check out the babies," she said. "So when they go to the hospital and check on the little ones, if this bill goes through, they'll be covered."
The bill could be heard in a committee as soon as Friday morning. Jung said she is confident it will be adopted by the Legislature.
"If this does not go through, we'll be having a very different conversation," she added.
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