NM HM31

Requests the Health Care Authority to reevaluate administrative rules limiting home health agencies to serving patients within 100 miles of the agency's licensed location

Current distance restriction creates barriers for rural, frontier, and tribal communities that already face geographic isolation, transportation challenges, and limited provider availability

Reauthorization of the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is expected to increase demand for home health services among uranium miners and millers, many residing in remote areas and on Navajo Nation lands

Personal care services program already allows providers to serve patients in any county within 100 miles of a main or branch office, offering a more flexible model that could be applied to home health services

Copies of the memorial to be transmitted to the Secretary of Health Care Authority, the Governor, and the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee