Professional Issues → Legislation

Recent Activity/Successes

  • Add House Memorial 4, Fourth Trimester Care Day passed 2022
  • Add House Bill 191, expedited licensure for out-of-state licensees, passed 2022
  • House Memorial 4, Fourth Trimester Care Day - Passed 2022
  • House Bill 191, Expedited Licensure for Out-of-State Licensees, Passed 2022
  • Rural Tax Credit 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
  • Fair Co-Pay 2015, 2018, 2019 passed
  • CP Early Identification of Infants at “high risk” for CP 2019, Memorial
  • Virtual PT Day at the Roundhouse - January 26, 2022
  • PT Compact Bill Supported and Tabled in the Judiciary Committee - 2021
  • 2017 working with Trialliance of APTA NM
  • Childhood Obesity Memorial 2016
  • Direct Access 2015
  • Patient Access Bill 2015
  • NM Occupational Therapy Association and NM Speech-Language Hearing Association) about changes to the Medicaid Waiver program
  • Dry Needling into our PT Licensing Board Rules and Regulations

APTA New Mexico Legislative Committee

  • Beth Black
  • Don Blackburn
  • Genia Devenport
  • Gretchen Johnson
  • Morgan Kelly
  • Karen Lucero
  • Carmen Marquez
  • Melinda Montoya
  • Kim Parker-Guerrero
  • Janet Popp

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