Laws

New Mexico Requires the Collection of Disaggregated Data on Tribal Affiliation (Hospitals and Certain Other Health Care Facilities)

A 2008 state law requires inpatient and outpatient general and specialty health care facilities to collect race/ethnicity data. The racial categories are not disaggregated, although examples of the races included are provided:

• Asian (includes Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese)
• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (includes Chamorro and Samoan)

The law also states that multiple races may be selected. The law does disaggregate data by New Mexico tribes (see 7.4.1.7.(FF)). Rules for employee collection of data are summarized in a PowerPoint (see p. 17) and on the DHHS website.

Another law requires the Department of Health to “identify disparities in health care access and quality by aggregating the information collected . . . by population subgroups to include race, ethnicity, gender and age”. HB18 (2012); 4-14A-3 NMSA 1978. However, the law does not define specific subgroups. The Department of Health maintains information about implementation of the law, including a 2021 report. 

A 2021 law requires collection of ethnic data in an educational initiative focused on Black students, but it does not define what ethnicities are included (HB43). 

A 2023 law requires the Department of Health to disaggregate race and ethnicity data for employees that provide direct support to people with developmental disabilities; however, the law does not specify if it goes beyond the OMB categories (HB395).

A 2021 executive order requires state departments to collect voluntary self-identification information on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Bills

SB350

A bill introduced in 2023 would require the collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity (SB 350). Bill status. 

SB226

Another bill introduced in 2023 would create a chief diversity officer for the state, who is required to conduct an evaluation of race as self-identified by applicants, candidates, and employees for state government jobs. The bill does not specifically mention data disaggregation for race or ethnicity (SB226). Bill status.

Other

This AAPI voter organization has disaggregated AAPI data from New Mexico. The source is listed as American Community Survey, Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS).