---
type: "Bill"
title: "LONG-TERM CARE DEMENTIA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS"
description: "LONG-TERM CARE DEMENTIA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "New Mexico HB 250 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong, Deborah A.", "Matthews, Marian", "Montoya, Roger E.", "Serrato, Linda"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/220b9378-2bfe-41c8-b7c9-470660647201"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=250&year=21"
source_hash: "1018232871bbec9a9b606c0d3eec979c1a8631554de8c657f3c5e3b94fedb011"
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 HB 250 (2021) — LONG-TERM CARE DEMENTIA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

## 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/21%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0250.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/final/HB0250.PDF)
3. **SG substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0250SGS.HTML)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0250.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Armstrong, Deborah A. — primary (person)
- Matthews, Marian — primary (person)
- Montoya, Roger E. — primary (person)
- Serrato, Linda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-08** passed House `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** passed Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2021-03-16** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/220b9378-2bfe-41c8-b7c9-470660647201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).