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This bill establishes a new Medicaid infant and family home visiting program in New Mexico, which will provide home visiting services to infants born to Medicaid recipients and their families, with at least six visits occurring during the infant's first year of life. The program, which is voluntary for families, will be delivered by trained staff and will focus on promoting child well-being, preventing adverse childhood experiences, supporting parental competence, and fostering healthy early childhood development by building relationships within the home environment. The services will be research-based, grounded in best practices, and aim to ensure infants are nurtured, children are healthy, families are safe, and they are connected to community supports, with the program's standards and outcomes to be established by the secretary through rules.