Critical enhancement to Harm Reduction Act heads to Governor’s desk 

HB52 increases distribution of life-saving drug testing devices

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) cheered the progress of House Bill 52, which passed the legislature late last night and now heads to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s desk for signature. The bill modernizes the state’s Harm Reduction Act to better serve communities and improve the health of New Mexicans by allowing NMDOH and organizations across the state to begin distribution of life-saving drug testing devices, like fentanyl test strips. The bill is sponsored by Representatives Tara L. Lujan, Dayan Hochman-Vigil, and Christine Chandler, and Senators Katy Duhigg and Linda Lopez.