New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 5 - VACCINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS
Part 4 - VACCINE PURCHASING FUND
Section 7.5.4.14 - RIGHT TO AN INFORMAL HEARING OR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW WITH THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE RIGHT TO APPEAL; PENALTIES

Universal Citation: 7 NM Admin Code 7.5.4.14

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. A health insurer aggrieved pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act may request an informal hearing or an administrative review with the office of the superintendent pursuant to their rules. The health insurer shall notify the immunization program manager if they are pursuing an informal hearing or administrative review with the office of the superintendent via email at vpa.fund@ state.nm.us.

B. A health insurer aggrieved pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act may appeal from an order of the superintendent made after an informal hearing or an administrative hearing pursuant to Section 59A-4-20, NMSA 1978. The appeal from the office of the superintendent's order shall be taken to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978.

C. A health insurer or group health plan that fails to file a report pursuant to Subsections B and C of 7.5.4.10 NMAC shall pay a late fling fee of five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day from the date the report was due.

D. The office of superintendent may require a health insurer or group health plan subject to the Vaccine Purchasing Act to produce records that were used to prepare the report required under Subsections B and C of 7.5.4.10 NMAC. If the office of superintendent determines that there is other than a good faith discrepancy between the number of insured children reported and the number of insured children that should have been reported, the health insurer or group health plan shall pay a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each report fled for which the office of superintendent determines there is such a discrepancy.

E. Failure of a health insurer or group health plan to make timely payment of an amount invoiced pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act and this rule shall subject the health insurer or group health plan to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each day from the date the payment is due.

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