---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE QUALITY SURCHARGE ACT"
description: "HEALTH CARE QUALITY SURCHARGE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "New Mexico SB 246 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f2b248-9bcc-41af-b07e-cf760dec36d4"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=246&year=19"
source_hash: "7ea676e90cbd1905cca367111064cff6c9f3c013555741d208ae0a6527084729"
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 246 (2019) — HEALTH CARE QUALITY SURCHARGE ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0246.PDF)
2. **PA substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0246PAS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0246.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz y Pino, Gerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** passed House `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41f2b248-9bcc-41af-b07e-cf760dec36d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).