---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH INSURANCE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ACT"
description: "HEALTH INSURANCE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "New Mexico SB 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kernan, Gay G.", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e402bcc4-58d9-4bba-b4a2-11d94bfb49c6"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=188&year=19"
source_hash: "0727c529ce9796bed29a15f862db871cb7c3d5e7c7914741064adc669da2d760"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
---

# New Mexico SB 188 (2019) — HEALTH INSURANCE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ACT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0188.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0188.PDF)
3. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0188JUS.HTML)
4. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0188PAS.HTML)
5. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0188.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Kernan, Gay G. — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-04** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-02** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-03-11** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2019-03-11** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e402bcc4-58d9-4bba-b4a2-11d94bfb49c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).