The human services department shall negotiate with medicaid contractors to ensure that the contractors' credentialing requirements are coordinated with other credentialing processes required of individual providers.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 235, § 4.

Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 235 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 2003, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.

Legislative findings. — Laws 2003, ch. 235, § 1, effective June 20, 2003, provided: "The legislature finds that licensed professionals in New Mexico, particularly those in the health care field are severely burdened by multiple layers of mandatory credentialing obligations, costing them, their patients and third-party payers needless expense and wasted time. Further, the legislature notes that New Mexico's health care licensure provisions may be contributing to harmful delays in access to health care throughout the state, particularly in areas with acute professional shortages. The legislature believes that efforts begun pursuant to House Joint Memorial 61 of the second session of the forty-fifth legislature and the continued cooperation among respective licensing boards, the regulation and licensing department, various statewide professional associations and societies, insurers and national accrediting and standard setting organizations will produce a system satisfactory to all concerned while maintaining the primary goal of ensuring the health and safety of New Mexico residents".