---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE MEDICAID BENEFIT"
description: "PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE MEDICAID BENEFIT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SM 2"
citation: "New Mexico SM 2 (2026)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HEALTH FACILITIES", "MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt, Craig W.", "Campos, Pete", "Stefanics, Elizabeth \"Liz\"", "Tobiassen, Nicole"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b20706-2332-4184-b135-dbcd5e13bd5d"
source_url: "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=M&legNo=2&year=26"
source_hash: "9d73026fcfcf912b8357b7c02f3c1d5f75e0b95a35ca296a32d00d13674948e8"
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 SM 2 (2026) — PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE MEDICAID BENEFIT

## Version chain

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

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/final/SM002.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM002.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandt, Craig W. — primary (person)
- Campos, Pete — primary (person)
- Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" — primary (person)
- Tobiassen, Nicole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-03** 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/60b20706-2332-4184-b135-dbcd5e13bd5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).