New Mexico § 13-7-7 - Consolidated administrative functions; benefit

§ 13-7-7. Consolidated administrative functions; benefit

A. The publicly funded health care agencies, political subdivisions and other persons

participating in the consolidated purchasing single process pursuant to the Health

Care Purchasing Act may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint

Powers Agreements Act with the publicly funded health care agencies and political

subdivisions to determine assessments or provisions of resources to consolidate, standardize

and administer the consolidated purchasing single process and subsequent activities

pursuant to the Health Care Purchasing Act. The publicly funded health care agencies, political subdivisions and other persons

participating in the consolidated purchasing single process pursuant to the Health

Care Purchasing Act may enter into contracts with nonpublic persons to provide the

service of determining assessments or provision of resources for consolidation, standardization

and administrative activities. B. Each agency shall retain its responsibility to determine policy direction of the

benefit plans, plan development, training and coordination with respect to participants

and its benefits staff, as well as to respond to benefits eligibility inquiries and

establish and enforce eligibility rules. C. Notwithstanding Subsection B of this section, publicly funded health care agencies,

political subdivisions and other persons participating in the consolidated purchasing

single process pursuant to the Health Care Purchasing Act shall provide coverage for

children, from birth through three years of age, for or under the family, infant,

toddler program administered by the early childhood education and care department,

provided eligibility criteria are met, for a maximum benefit of three thousand five

hundred dollars ($3,500) annually for medically necessary early intervention services

provided as part of an individualized family service plan and delivered by certified

and licensed personnel who are working in early intervention programs approved by

the early childhood education and care department. No payment under this subsection shall be applied against any maximum lifetime or

annual limits specified in the policy, health benefits plan or contract.