---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR BIRTH CENTERS"
description: "MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR BIRTH CENTERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "New Mexico HB 56 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berghmans, Heather", "Herndon, Pamelya", "Hochman-Vigil, Dayan", "Martinez, Alan T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7e2879-03f2-4c26-ad74-024e0b6a6ecc"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=56&year=25"
source_hash: "a86891bc81eb867493978f5eacd1d399b160741bbe9a35255bea07be4584bc7e"
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 56 (2025) — MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR BIRTH CENTERS

## 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/25%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0056.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HB0056.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/bills/house/HB0056.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berghmans, Heather — primary (person)
- Herndon, Pamelya — primary (person)
- Hochman-Vigil, Dayan — primary (person)
- Martinez, Alan T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Sent to House Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Sent to House Health & Human Services Committee & House Commerce & Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Sent to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee & Senate Finance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** passed House `passage`
- **2025-03-14** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** passed Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-18** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b7e2879-03f2-4c26-ad74-024e0b6a6ecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).