§ 24-35-2 — Definitions

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.

Legislative History

Laws 2023, ch. 167, § 2.