As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act:

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A. “consolidated purchasing” means a single process for the procurement of and contracting for all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code N.M. Stat. Ann. § 13-1-28 to 13-1-199 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)     state health benefits division and the group benefits committee of the health care authority;

(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.