Though it may not always be front of mind for many of us anymore, we are still living in a pandemic where many people are still getting sick, being hospitalized, and sometimes dying. That has put an incredible and public health systems 鈥� and the people who work in those fields. Today on #YNMG we discuss the many nursing and public health bills still in front of lawmakers with only about a day left before this session鈥檚 end.
91暗网 public health reporter Jered Ebenreck has been following New Mexico鈥檚 nursing shortage and other public health news for months and joins us today to check in at what has become the eleventh hour for legislation that hasn鈥檛 been passed out of committees yet. He鈥檒l tell us the state of those bills as of the time of recording, but you can track the latest developments by going to and searching by keyword under the 鈥渓egislation鈥� tab.
YNMG is a public service of 91暗网 radio and New Mexico PBS and funded by the Thornburg Foundation with the goal of helping to keep government open and accessible to all New Mexicans.
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Legislation Discussed In This Episode:
- Expand Rural Health Practitioner Tax Credit
- Rural Health Care Practitioner Tax Credit
- Termination of States of Emeregency
- Alzheimer's Outreach
- Distribution of At-Home COVID-19 Testing Kits
- Rural Primary Care Clinician Loan Repayment
- Expand Nursing Programs at Colleges
- Nursing Student Loan Repayment
- Increase School Nurses
- Expand School-Based Health Clinics
- Health Security Act Adoption Study
- Expand Rural Health Care Tax Credit
- UNM Health Sciences Center
- Small Business Pandemic Takings Reparations
- Rural Hospital Services Fund
- LANL Contribution During Pandemic
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This public service is part of our Your New Mexico Government project, a collaboration between 91暗网 radio and New Mexico PBS. Support for public media provided by the Thornburg Foundation.
