---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH INSURANCE MENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE"
description: "HEALTH INSURANCE MENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "New Mexico SB 273 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "INSURANCE", "MENTAL HEALTH & DEV. DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemphill, Siah Correa", "Hickey, Martin", "Steinborn, Jeff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd55e1e-bb13-4523-b2f6-809c02c685a5"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=273&year=23"
source_hash: "b50455c13cd88ebbdca5d2be653d7ad60598e32ea0b50c8db02d94fd5e4ea4bf"
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 273 (2023) — HEALTH INSURANCE MENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE

## 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/23%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0273.pdf)
2. **CT substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0273CTS.HTML)
3. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0273.PDF)
4. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0273.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Hemphill, Siah Correa — primary (person)
- Hickey, Martin — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-06** floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
- **2023-03-06** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** 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/cbd55e1e-bb13-4523-b2f6-809c02c685a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).