NM SB247

Allows reports from the New Mexico Medical Review Commission panel to be admitted as evidence in court when the panel finds insufficient evidence of medical malpractice and the plaintiff continues pursuing the claim

Panel reports become admissible specifically to defend against plaintiffs' actions to recover punitive damages in medical malpractice cases

Adds a new definition of "panel" to the Medical Malpractice Act, meaning a medical review panel convened by the New Mexico Medical Review Commission

Updates terminology throughout the Medical Malpractice Act, including changing "podiatrist" to "podiatric physician" and "Public Health Act" to "Health Care Code"

Maintains that panel deliberations remain confidential and panel decisions have no administrative or judicial authority, except for the new exception allowing admissibility when panels find insufficient evidence of malpractice