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The governor and an overwhelming number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle teamed up and earned big wins during this year鈥檚 legislative session to improve the quality and availability of health care in New Mexico. 

Lawmakers muscled through long-awaited reforms to medical malpractice laws after years of similar legislation stalling in the Senate Judiciary Committee. It took long negotiations with stakeholders. It required overcoming influential senators on the committee who also work at law firms that specialize in filing medical malpractice lawsuits (Democratic Sens. Joseph Cervantes and Katy Duhigg). The effort brought a semblance of sanity to punitive damage practices in New Mexico courts.

It was a strong collective effort by dozens of lawmakers, stakeholders and experts. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, especially, deserve appreciation for their leadership. 

New Mexico also joined the vast majority of states across the country 鈥� both Red and Blue 鈥� by entering interstate health care worker compacts for physicians and social workers, which will make it easier for those professionals to bring their skills and experience to New Mexico from other states. 

Those were some of the big health care wins. It鈥檚 expected to have quick results. The New Mexico Medical Board estimates that by joining the physician compact New Mexico will see a 10-15% increase in the number of doctors applying to work in New Mexico every year.

Yes, the governor earned a victory lap. The new laws mark a watershed moment for health care in New Mexico and demonstrate that lawmakers can put politics aside and do what鈥檚 right even at times when Republicans and Democrats seldom see eye-to-eye.

But there鈥檚 a funny thing in life called momentum, and when you鈥檝e got it, keep it rolling.

That鈥檚 why Lujan Grisham should call a special session and join the rest of the health care worker compacts. 

Lawmakers passed legislation allowing the state to join two of the compacts this year, but other worker compacts 鈥�  for psychologists, counselors, EMTs, physician鈥檚 assistants, speech therapists and audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and dentists 鈥� were left on the table. We think a limited and precise special session to get those bills across the finish line would be a worthy use of public funds and help cement the governor鈥檚 legacy in her final year in office. 

The special session wouldn鈥檛 be a drawn-out endeavor. The governor has indicated she鈥檚 in favor of joining the compacts. There鈥檚 broad bipartisan support for the legislation. The New Mexico House unanimously passed bills to join all of them, and the compacts have support from 66 organizations including chambers of commerce and labor unions; Indivisible chapters and the Coalition of Conservatives in Action. When those groups are on the same page, there鈥檚 no reason to wait for next year.

The governor has been bold and tried to make transformative changes to the state during her tenure. She鈥檚 used her power to create the Opportunity Scholarship, greenhouse gas rules, a universal child care program and electric vehicle mandates. Under Lujan Grisham, New Mexico became one of the first states to establish an outdoor recreation division. She thought outside the box and ordered policies to attempt to save children, such as her controversial order that babies born with drugs in their system are immediately placed in custody of the Children, Youth and Families Department. 

But political winds can shift quickly, and much of what the governor sees as accomplishments hasn鈥檛 been codified into law. New Mexico will have a new governor next year. That means a new Cabinet with new directives and priorities.

We think the governor, as a final bold act, should bring lawmakers back to the Roundhouse and find a way to eke a bill through both chambers that allows New Mexico to join the rest of the health care worker compacts. 

Such an act would shore up a legacy that Lujan Grisham used her power to try to improve health care access for everyone in the state. The governor of New Mexico wields tremendous power, and she should use the power bestowed upon her one last time.