Legislative and Policy Issues

Personal political involvement can be very effective. Use the links on the right to download a list with contact information for all Representatives or Senators, find the names of your legislators, or determine the status of specific bills. You can also:

• Call the legislative switchboard at during the legislative session to contact your legislator or a legislative staff member.
• Contact the Legislative Council Service for technical questions about the New Mexico Legislature website or for general questions about the legislature.

NMNPC Lobbyist

Nurse practitioners in New Mexico enjoy a very favorable practice environment, but we have to be constantly vigilant to issues that could change this situation. As a purely volunteer-driven organization, it's impossible for even the most dedicated and committed NMNPC members to spend the time it takes to stay well informed and maintain important contacts with key state legislators and other individuals who affect health policy in New Mexico. LInda Siegle, JD, is the NMNPC lobbyist. She works year-round to monitor issues important to nurse practitioners.

Some of Ms. Siegle's recent accomplishments for all nurse practitioners in New Mexico:

• We no longer pay gross receipts tax for many health care services we provide.
• We're eligible for a special rural tax credit of $3000 that comes directly off our income.

For more information and to download a Rural Practitioner Tax Credit Combined Application go to the New Mexico Department of Health website.



• We can now declare death and sign death certificates.
• We have continued to avoid legislation that would have created a physician-controlled "super board" charged to make recommendations to legislators for any change in our scope of practice.
• We're included in Medical Home legislation.


Other on-going efforts of our lobbyist include:


• Working to achieve malpractice equity.
• Monitoring issues that may affect our practice environment.

Our lobbyist's work benefits members of NMNPC and also non-members - we ask every nurse practitioner in New Mexico to contribute what you can to help support this important activity. To make a contribution now, click here. Thank you to all current contributors to our lobbyist fund!

Current Issues

• For the most current information on the Governor's Restructuring Task Force, see our lobbyist's June memo and the Task Force Members list.
• Ability of nurse practitioners to sign DOT history and physical forms for the Public Education Department.
• Continued efforts by the American Medical Association (AMA) to define and control NP scope of practice. See the documents below for more information.

AMA Scope of Practice Data Series: Nurse Practitioners released in October and the response from nurse practitioner groups, NP Response to AMA written December 8.



• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) requirement for entry into practice.
• Creation of a "super board" headed by a physician to make recommendations on scope of practice for nurse practitioners.
• Release of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education.

For further information on these issues, or to add an issue to this list, contact any member of the Board of Directors.

NM Legislative Links

• Representatives and Senators
• House and Senate Committees
• Bill Finder
• General Contact Information

Other Contact Information

• Legislative Switchboard
  (505) 986-4300
• Governor's Office
  (505) 827-3000
• Legislative Council Service
  (505) 986-4600
  lcs@nmlegis.gov
• House Chief Clerk's Office
  (505) 986-4600
  house@nmlegis.gov
• Senate Chief Clerk's Office
  (505) 986-4714
  senate@nmlegis.gov