As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:
A. "consolidated purchasing" means a single process for the procurement of all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and
B. "publicly funded health care agency" means the:
(1) risk management division and the group benefits committee of the general services department;
(2) retiree health care authority;
(3) public school insurance authority; and
(4) publicly funded health care program of any public school district with a student enrollment in excess of sixty thousand students.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 3.