---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH COVERAGE VIA TELEMEDICINE"
description: "HEALTH COVERAGE VIA TELEMEDICINE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "New Mexico SB 354 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz y Pino, Gerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7627326b-db71-4539-88f8-968a380871ed"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=354&year=19"
source_hash: "590141e5a5c79ff53332f49ea3142f3078a6350ebffd875b9495f71d85a7f3f6"
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 354 (2019) — HEALTH COVERAGE VIA TELEMEDICINE

## 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/SB0354.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0354.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0354.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.

- **2019-01-25** Sent to Senate Public Affairs Committee & Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** passed House `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7627326b-db71-4539-88f8-968a380871ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).