A. Receipts of a health care practitioner or an association of health care practitioners from payments by the United States government, or any agency thereof, or from a medicare administrative contractor for medical and other health services provided by a health care practitioner to medicare beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

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B. Receipts of a hospice or nursing home from payments by the United States government, or any agency thereof, or from a medicare administrative contractor for medical and other health and palliative services provided by the hospice or nursing home to medicare beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

C. Receipts of a health care practitioner or an association of health care practitioners from payments by a third-party administrator of the federal TRICARE program for medical and other health services provided by physicians and osteopathic physicians to covered beneficiaries may be deducted from gross receipts.

D. Receipts of a health care practitioner or an association of health care practitioners from payments by or on behalf of the Indian health service of the United States department of health and human services for medical and other health services provided by physicians and osteopathic physicians to covered beneficiaries may be deducted from gross receipts.

E. Receipts of a clinical laboratory from payments by the United States government, or any agency thereof, or from a medicare administrative contractor for medical services provided by the clinical laboratory to medicare beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

F. Receipts of a home health agency from payments by the United States government, or any agency thereof, or from a medicare administrative contractor for medical, other health and palliative services provided by the home health agency to medicare beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

G. Prior to July 1, 2032, receipts of a dialysis facility from payments by the United States government, or any agency thereof, or from a medicare administrative contractor for medical and other health services provided by the dialysis facility to medicare beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act may be deducted from gross receipts.

H. A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to this section shall report the amount of the deduction separately in a manner required by the department. A taxpayer who has receipts that are deductible pursuant to this section and Section 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann. shall deduct the receipts under this section prior to calculating the receipts that may be deducted pursuant to Section 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann..

I. The department shall compile an annual report on the deductions created pursuant to this section that shall include the number of taxpayers that claimed each deduction, the aggregate amount of deductions claimed and any other information necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the deductions. The department shall compile and present the annual reports to the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee with an analysis of the effectiveness and cost of the deductions and whether the deductions are providing a benefit to the state.

J. For the purposes of this section:

(1)     “association of health care practitioners” means a corporation, unincorporated business entity or other legal entity organized by, owned by or employing one or more health care practitioners; provided that the entity is not:

(a) an organization granted exemption from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as that section may be amended or renumbered; or

(b) a health maintenance organization, hospital, hospice, nursing home or an entity that is solely an outpatient facility or intermediate care facility licensed pursuant to the Public Health Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 24, Article 1];

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(2)     “clinical laboratory” means a laboratory accredited pursuant to 42 USCA (3)     “dialysis facility” means a facility that provides outpatient maintenance dialysis services or home dialysis training and support services, including a facility considered by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to be an independent or hospital-based facility that includes a self-care dialysis unit that furnishes only self-dialysis services;

(4)     “health care practitioner” means:

(a) an athletic trainer licensed pursuant to the Athletic Trainer Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 14D];

(b) an audiologist licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 14B];

(c) a chiropractic physician licensed pursuant to the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 4];

(d) a counselor or therapist practitioner licensed pursuant to the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 9A];

(e) a dentist licensed pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 5A];

(f) a doctor of oriental medicine licensed pursuant to the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 14A];

(g) an independent social worker licensed pursuant to the Social Work Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 31];

(h) a massage therapist licensed pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 12C];

(i) a naprapath licensed pursuant to the Naprapathic Practice Act N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-12F-1 to 61-12F-11;

(j) a nutritionist or dietitian licensed pursuant to the Nutrition and Dietetics Practice Act N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-7A-1 to 61-7A-15;

(k) an occupational therapist licensed pursuant to the Occupational Therapy Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 12A];

(l) an optometrist licensed pursuant to the Optometry Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 2];

(m) an osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 6];

(n) a pharmacist licensed pursuant to the Pharmacy Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 11];

(o) a physical therapist licensed pursuant to the Physical Therapy Act [61- 12D-1 to 61-12D-19 N.M. Stat. Ann.];

(p) a physician licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 6];

(q) a podiatrist licensed pursuant to the Podiatry Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 8];

(r) a psychologist licensed pursuant to the Professional Psychologist Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 9];

(s) a radiologic technologist licensed pursuant to the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health and Safety Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 14E];

(t) a registered nurse licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 3];

(u) a respiratory care practitioner licensed pursuant to the Respiratory Care Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 12B]; and

(v) a speech-language pathologist licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 14B];

(5)     “home health agency” means a for-profit entity that is licensed by the department of health and certified by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services as a home health agency and certified to provide medicare services;

(6)     “hospice” means a for-profit entity licensed by the department of health as a hospice and certified to provide medicare services;

(7)     “medicare administrative contractor” means a third-party administrator operating under contract with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to process medicare claims and make medicare fee-for-service payments for medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries;

(8)     “nursing home” means a for-profit entity licensed by the department of health as a nursing home and certified to provide medicare services; and

(9)     “TRICARE program” means the program defined in 10 U.S.C. § 1072(7).