2008 House Bill 37 (Mandates creation of a plan to require that all medical records be made electronic.)

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Introduced by Rep. Peter Wirth (D) on January 15, 2008, to require the New Mexico Telehealth and Health Information Technology Commission to devise and recommend to the legislature a plan to require all New Mexico health care providers and institutions to convert all patient records into an electronic format .
- Referred to the House Health and Government Affairs Committee on January 15, 2008, to change all references to insurance companies in the bill to group purchasers.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on January 22, 2008.
- Reported to the House on February 2, 2008, substitute recommended .
- Substitute offered in the House on February 2, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one recommended by the Judiciary Committee that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described . The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on February 2, 2008.
Passed in the House (51 to 10) on February 3, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on February 3, 2008, House Bill 37.
- Referred to the Senate Public Affairs Committee on February 3, 2008.
- Referred to the Senate Judicary Committee on February 7, 2008.
- Reported to the Senate on February 10, 2008, with amendments recommended that would authorize law enforcement to subpoena individuals’ health records, allow individuals to sue health care providers for violations, and require disclosure of security breaches of a person’s records to that individual.
- Amendment offered in the Senate on February 10, 2008, to remove the Senate Judiciary Committee's amendment to the bill. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on February 10, 2008.
Failed in the Senate (13 to 23) on February 12, 2008, to require the New Mexico Telehealth and Health Information Technology Commission to devise and recommend to the legislature a plan to require all New Mexico health care providers and institutions to convert all patient records into an electronic format . [Vote Details and Comments]

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1) Find Your Legislator [by spriggig on October 7, 2008]
"Find your legislator" doesn't work. This site should be modeled after MegaVote. At that site, I put in my Zipcode+4 and it sends me an email every time my Representative and Senators vote, how they voted on what bill, a link to the details of the bill and whether the bill passed. To improve on that I would like an email that tells me about UPCOMING bills so I can let my representatives know my opinion BEFORE they vote. Thanks.
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2) Look Closely [by Anonymous Citizen on September 24, 2008]
The State of New Mexico is already running an electronic medical record locator service. I just found out that my daughters medical records from Presbyterian are already in this system. My quesetion is how is this legal? I never gave anyone permission, and how is this legal, or does the State even care, their already invested? Who cares about the citizens!
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3) NM needs better med records [by Anonymous Citizen on April 8, 2008]
I don't think this is the way to get there - it's a "let the government do it" solution. Lets get real - the government will do it not as well and for a lot more money than a private sector enterprise would.
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