---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROSTHETIC & CUSTOM ORTHOTIC DEVICE COVERAGE"
description: "PROSTHETIC & CUSTOM ORTHOTIC DEVICE COVERAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "New Mexico HB 131 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block, John", "Cates, Kathleen", "Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Hernandez, Joshua N.", "Thomson, Elizabeth \"Liz\""]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/148318f7-d0c2-4904-a105-14c6791ca4cc"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=131&year=23"
source_hash: "796e6e870f7ec4952f9bbb41ece47e5f7b08ae85adfc2b1b2ecf0fb9ac912489"
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 131 (2023) — PROSTHETIC & CUSTOM ORTHOTIC DEVICE COVERAGE

## Version chain

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

1. **FH substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0131FHS.HTML)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/HB0131.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0131.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Block, John — primary (person)
- Cates, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Hernandez, Joshua N. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Health & Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** floor substitute adopted
- **2023-02-14** passed House `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/148318f7-d0c2-4904-a105-14c6791ca4cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).