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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. No later than one hundred twenty days following the enactment of the Vaccine Purchasing Act, the office of superintendent shall:
(1) promulgate rules requiring each health insurer and group health plan to report the number of children it insured who were under the age of nineteen as of December 31, 2014 and to annually report the number of children it insures who will be under the age of nineteen as of December 31 of each subsequent year to the office of superintendent, excluding from such reports children who are enrolled in medicaid or in any medical assistance program administered by the department or the human services department [health care authority department] department and children who are American Indian or Alaska Natives; and
(2) for each health insurer or group health plan, provide the department with the number of insured children reported by such health insurer or group health plan pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection.
B. Each health insurer and group health plan shall reimburse the department for the cost of vaccines for childhood immunizations purchased by the state for the benefit of such health insurer's or group health plan's insured children according to such health insurer's or group health plan's policy obligations and in accordance with health insurance coverage requirements under state and federal law. The amount reimbursed by each health insurer or group health plan shall be a fraction, the denominator of which is the total number of insured children reported by all health insurers and group health plans pursuant to Subsection A of this section and the numerator of which is the number of insured children reported by such health insurer or group health plan pursuant to Subsection A of this section multiplied by the total amount as determined by the department pursuant to Subsection B of Section 3 of the Vaccine Purchasing Act. 1
C. A health insurer's or group health plan's reimbursement to the department pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act shall be deemed payment for clinical services and activities to promote health care quality for the purpose of calculating a health insurer's or group health plan's medical loss ratio.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-5A-6. Reporting - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-24-health-and-safety/nm-st-sect-24-5a-6/
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