New Mexico Statutes Chapter 27. Public Assistance § 27-2-12.26. Qualified medicare beneficiary recipients; medicare part B coverage automatic enrollment

A. The department shall provide for the automatic enrollment into medicare part B coverage of individuals:

B. By August 1, 2019, the secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules to provide for informing, in writing, applicants for and recipients of qualified medicare beneficiary coverage that, if they are enrolled in the qualified medicare beneficiary program and, at the time of enrollment they are not enrolled in medicare part B, they are eligible for automatic enrollment in medicare part B coverage, regardless of whether general or “open” enrollment of medicare part B beneficiaries is allowed under federal law at the time a qualified medicare beneficiary program recipient enrolls in the qualified medicare beneficiary program.

C. As used in this section: