Chapter 40, Article 4C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Mandatory Medical Support Act”. History: Laws 1990, ch. 78, § 1; 2003, ch. 287, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For proceedings for the support of children, see 40-4-7 NMSA 1978. For creation of human services department, see 9-8-4 NMSA 1978. For designation of […]
When an order for health care coverage pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act is in effect, upon termination of the medical support obligor’s employment or upon termination of the health care coverage, the employer, union or carrier shall make a good faith effort to notify the department and the other parent within ten days […]
When an order for health care coverage pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act is in effect, the medical support obligor’s employer, union or carrier shall release to the other parent, upon request, information on such coverage, including the name of the carrier. History: Laws 1990, ch. 78, § 11; 2003, ch. 287, § 8; […]
A. A medical support obligor who fails to maintain the health care coverage for the benefit of a minor child as ordered pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act shall be liable to the department or the other parent for any medical and dental expenses incurred from the date of the court order. B. A […]
The department shall pursue the establishment and enforcement of an order for health care coverage when a minor child receives public assistance or medicaid or upon application of a custodial or noncustodial parent to the department and payment by the custodial or noncustodial parent of fees required by the department. History: Laws 1990, ch. 78, […]
All remedies available for the collection and enforcement of child support apply to medical support ordered pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act. For the purpose of enforcement, the costs of individual or group health or hospitalization coverage or liabilities established pursuant to Section 40-4C-12 NMSA 1978 shall be included in a medical support judgment. […]
To ensure that children have access to quality medical care, it is the purpose of the Mandatory Medical Support Act to require parents to provide or purchase health care coverage for their minor children when such coverage is available. History: Laws 1990, ch. 78, § 2; 2003, ch. 287, § 2; 2007, ch. 165, § […]
As used in the Mandatory Medical Support Act: A. “carrier” means an entity that offers, delivers or administers an employment-related or other group health care coverage plan, a health maintenance organization, a nonprofit health care plan or other type of health care coverage plan under which medical or dental services are provided, regardless of service […]
A. The court shall determine a parent or both parents to be a medical support obligor based on the following: (1) the availability of health care coverage that meets or exceeds the minimum standards required under the Mandatory Medical Support Act; and (2) the availability of health care coverage through an employment-related or other group […]
A. The medical support obligor shall provide to the medical support obligee within thirty days of receipt of effective notice of a court order for health care coverage pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act written proof of the medical support obligor’s compliance with that order. Compliance means either that the health care coverage has […]
A. Upon receipt of a national medical support notice or the court order for health care coverage pursuant to Section 40-4C-5 NMSA 1978 or upon application of the medical support obligor pursuant to the court order, the employer or union shall enroll the minor child as an eligible dependent in the health care coverage plan […]
Any health care coverage plan ordered for a minor child pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act shall, at a minimum, meet minimum standards of acceptable coverage, deductibles, cost-sharing, lifetime benefits, out-of-pocket expenses, co-payments and plan requirements as set forth in regulations promulgated by the secretary of human services pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support […]
No insurer, health maintenance organization or non-profit health care plan shall be required to change coverages offered as a result of the minimum standards promulgated pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act. Nothing in the Mandatory Medical Support Act shall be construed as creating any regulatory authority over the business of insurance. History: Laws 1990, […]
The signature of the custodial parent of the minor child insured pursuant to a court order or a directive issued by the department is a valid authorization to the health insurer or dental insurer for purposes of processing an insurance reimbursement payment. History: Laws 1990, ch. 78, § 9; 2003, ch. 287, § 6. ANNOTATIONS […]
