If a state agency requires the use of electronic medical records for any type of health care or health coverage program, the agency shall allow a health care group purchaser, health care institution, health information exchange, provider, record locator service or any other person to use any public, proprietary or open source hardware or software; provided that the hardware or software complies with federal interoperability-certified laws or rules.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 69, § 10.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 69 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2009, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.