44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE; REQUIRING MEDICAID ENROLLMENT PROCESSING BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LICENSED CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] PUBLIC SCHOOLS--ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS--MEDICAID APPLICATION.--The state board shall, after consultation with the human services department, establish rules requiring students to furnish proof of health insurance coverage prior to school enrollment. Students not furnishing proof of health insurance coverage shall complete an application for state medicaid eligibility that shall be forwarded to the human services department. Students shall be provided with human services department information on presumptive eligibility for medicaid and the state child health insurance program."

Section 2. [NEW MATERIAL] CHILD-CARE FACILITIES--ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS--MEDICAID APPLICATION.--The children, youth and families department shall, after consultation with the human services department, establish rules requiring licensed child-care facilities to require proof of health insurance coverage of each child prior to enrollment at the facility. Families not furnishing proof of health insurance coverage shall complete an application for state medicaid eligibility that shall be forwarded to the human services department. Families without proof of health insurance shall be furnished with human services department information on presumptive eligibility for medicaid and the state child health insurance program.