New Mexico Appendix: 2026 Undesignated Legislative Enactments § 59A-24A-17. Annual open enrollment

A. Every issuer participating in the market for medicare supplement policies shall offer an annual open enrollment period to all eligible policyholders.  Each eligible policyholder's open enrollment period shall commence with the first day of the eligible policyholder's birthday month and remain open for at least sixty days thereafter.  During the open enrollment period:

B. A medicare supplement policy obtained by an eligible policyholder pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall not have any coverage exclusions related to preexisting conditions that would have been covered under the eligible policyholder's previous medicare supplement policy.

C. At least thirty days before the beginning of an eligible policyholder's open enrollment period, but not more than sixty days before the beginning of the open enrollment period, the issuer of an eligible policyholder's medicare supplement policy shall notify the eligible policyholder of:

D. The form and content of the notification required pursuant to Subsection C of this section shall be filed with and approved by the superintendent prior to distribution to eligible policyholders.