New Mexico
NM Legislature day 9 recap: ‘White Coat Day’; housing assistance; ICE detention ban
White coats abounded at the Roundhouse Wednesday, with doctors and medical students roaming the halls in medical garb and lobbying for proposals, including House Bill 99, sponsored by Reps. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos) and Gail Armstrong (R-Magdalena). HB99, if passed, would remove a provision in state law that allows for punitive damages in medical malpractice lawsuits to come from personal liability of health care providers.