New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 5 - VACCINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS
Part 4 - VACCINE PURCHASING FUND
Section 7.5.4.8 - DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The department shall:
A. purchase vaccines for children in New Mexico, including children eligible for the vaccines for children program and insured children;
B. invoice each health insurer and group health plan to reimburse the department for the cost of vaccines provided directly or indirectly by the department to such health insurer's or group health plan's insured children;
C. maintain a list of registered providers who receive vaccines for insured children that are purchased by the state and provide such list to each health insurer and group health plan with every invoice;
D. report the failure of a health insurer to reimburse the department within 30 days of the date of the invoice to the office of the superintendent in order for the office of the superintendent to pursue the proper sanctions or monetary penalties pursuant to their rules and the Vaccine Purchasing Act;
E. report the failure of a health insurer or group health plan to reimburse the department within 30 days of the date of the invoice to the office of the attorney general for collection of the invoice amount, including a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each day from the date the payment is due;
F. credit all receipts collected from health insurers and group health plans pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act to the fund;
G. no later than July 1, 2015, and July 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall estimate the amount to be expended annually by the department to purchase, store and distribute vaccines recommended by the advisory committee on immunization practices to all insured children in the state, including a reserve of 10% of the amount estimated; and
H.no later than September 1, 2015, and each quarter thereafter, the department shall invoice each health insurer and each group health plan for one-fourth of its proportionate share of the estimated annual amount and reserve calculated pursuant to Subsection E of 7.5.4.10 NMAC.
