---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID AS MANDATORY MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT"
description: "MEDICAID AS MANDATORY MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "New Mexico SB 224 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN & FAMILIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS (marriage", "divorce", "custody", "support)", "HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nibert, Greg", "Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9030fc6c-939d-4457-b77e-835f8eff624d"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=224&year=23"
source_hash: "5eb24ef386f2d4127e0bfdd40621ba32bc98634b5d37dbaef364b70e532c60c4"
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 224 (2023) — MEDICAID AS MANDATORY MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT

## 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/23%20Regular/final/SB0224.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0224.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Nibert, Greg — primary (person)
- Sedillo Lopez, Antoinette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-11** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9030fc6c-939d-4457-b77e-835f8eff624d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).