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HB209 • 2026

FIREFIGHTER NO-COST CANCER SCREENING

FIREFIGHTER NO-COST CANCER SCREENING

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Joshua N. Hernandez, Representative Andrea Reeb, Representative Harlan Vincent
Last action
Official status
[2] not prntd-HRC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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FIREFIGHTER NO-COST CANCER SCREENING

FIREFIGHTER NO-COST CANCER SCREENING

What This Bill Does

  • FIREFIGHTER NO-COST CANCER SCREENING

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-28 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

FIREFIGHTER NO-COST CANCER SCREENING

Current Bill Text

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HB0209

HOUSE BILL 209

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Joshua N. Hernandez
and
Harlan Vincent
and
Andrea Reeb

AN ACT

RELATING TO INSURANCE; PROVIDING NO-COST CANCER SCREENING TO
FIREFIGHTERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
A new section of the Health Care Purchasing
Act is enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] FIREFIGHTER CANCER SCREENINGS.--

A. A firefighter covered by group health coverage,
including self-insurance, offered, issued, amended, delivered
or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act shall be
entitled to receive preventive cancer screening in accordance
with the latest screening guidelines issued by the
international association of firefighters. Cancer screening
covered pursuant to this section shall not be subject to cost
sharing.

B. For the purposes of this section:

(1) "cost sharing" means policy deductibles,
copayments or coinsurance; and

(2) "firefighter" means any member of a fire
department that is part of or administered by the state or any
political subdivision of the state."

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