2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24: Health and Safety
Article 14C: Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy , 24-14C-1 through 24-14C-6
Section 24-14C-6: Health care work force work group; work force data analysis; recruitment planning; strategic plan for improving health care access; work force survey.

24-14C-6. Health care work force work group; work force data analysis; recruitment planning; strategic plan for improving health care access; work force survey.

The secretary of health shall convene a health care work force work group that includes representatives of health care consumers; health care providers; organized groups representing physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists; health care work force training institutions; the New Mexico health policy commission; the public education department; the higher education department; and the boards. The work group shall:

A. analyze and make recommendations to the legislature regarding incentives to attract qualified individuals, including those from minority groups underrepresented among health care professions, to pursue health care education and practice in New Mexico;

B. develop a short-term plan and a five-year plan to improve health care access, with a draft report on the plans to be submitted to the interim legislative health and human services committee by November 1, 2011. Beginning October 1, 2012, the work group shall make detailed annual reports to the legislative health and human services committee by October 1 of each year;

C. analyze the collected data and make recommendations to the legislature for building healthier communities and improving health outcomes; and

D. devise an electronic survey, designed to be completed by applicants within fifteen minutes, for boards to provide to applicants for licensure or renewal of licensure, which includes questions regarding the information required pursuant to Subsection C of Section 5 of the Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy Act and any other survey questions that the secretary of health and the work group deem appropriate.