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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-35-2. Definitions

Current as of May 06, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

As used in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act:

A. “gender-affirming health care” means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies provided to support an individual's gender identity;

B. “protected health care activity” means:

(1) seeking, providing or receiving reproductive or gender-affirming health care; or

(2) assisting an individual who is seeking, receiving or providing reproductive or gender-affirming health care, including providing:

(a) information;

(b) transportation;

(c) lodging; or

(d) material support;

C. “public body” means a state or local government, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or a branch of government that receives public funding, including political subdivisions, special tax districts, school districts and institutions of higher education; and

D. “reproductive health care” means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies that relate to the human reproductive system, including services related to:

(1) preventing a pregnancy;

(2) abortion;

(3) managing a pregnancy loss;

(4) prenatal, birth, perinatal and postpartum health;

(5) managing perimenopause and menopause;

(6) managing infertility;

(7) treating cancers of the reproductive system; or

(8) preventing sexually transmitted infections.

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