NM Executive Office Special Legislative Session Proclamation

Proclamation calling the Fifty-Seventh Legislature of the State of New Mexico into a Special Session.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a proclamation on October 01, 2025, the day the special New Mexico legislative session began. The primary purpose of the special session is to discuss state impacts from the federal budget bill with emphasis on Medicaid and food assistance. New Mexico has the highest U.S. Medicaid enrollment per capita.The proclamation includes new topics for the session, including interstate medical compacts, criminal competency,

measures related to vaccinations, and behavioral health

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