New Mexico Administrative Code

The procedure for payment of a pre-retirement survivor pension is: A. Applicants for pre-retirement survivor pensions shall notify PERA of the death of the member and complete an application for benefits. B. The completed application shall be returned to PERA with the following d…

NM Retiree Health Care Authority.

Employment as the education retirement director, executive secretary of the public employees retirement association, or the swearing in of the state treasurer shall automatically constitute positions or offices. They may select designees who shall serve at the pleasure of the per…

Since the board may meet less often than monthly and continuity of board attendance is important, this Rule will be enforced. Any member of the board missing more than two board meetings in any calendar year shall be requested to explain his or her absence to the board. If the bo…

The board shall hold an annual meeting at such time as the board determines.

If one of the officers vacates their position as an officer of the board, the next lower officer shall automatically assume the duties of the higher officer. For example, if the presidency becomes vacant, the vice-president shall automatically assume the title and duties of presi…

The regular meetings of the board shall be held on those dates and times and in such places to be determined from time to time by the board. The date of any regular meeting may be changed by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. The president or vice-president may cancel a re…

Robert's rules of order are adopted by the board and shall be used for the conduct of all meetings to be held by the NMRHCA. Robert's rules of order shall be binding in all cases where they are not inconsistent with New Mexico statutes and rules and regulations adopted by the NMR…

A call for meetings of the board shall be as follows: A. Special Meetings: A special meeting of the board is a meeting other than a regular or emergency meeting and may be called by the president, vice-president or any three board members for the specific purposes specified in th…

The board shall conduct its meetings pursuant to the Open Meetings Act (Section 10-15-1 et seq. NMSA 1978) so as to assure reasonable citizen access to all board meetings. At least once a year, the board shall determine in a public meeting what notice for a public meeting is reas…

A majority of all of the board members shall constitute a quorum for conducting the affairs of the NMRHCA. In the event a position on the board is vacant due to resignation, removal or failure to appoint, a quorum shall be a majority of those persons holding office. The president…

The procedures for addressing the board shall be as follows: A. Individual and Subject Matter. An individual may speak on any item that appears on the adopted agenda, before a final vote is taken, by notifying and subsequently being recognized by the president or then presiding o…

Applies to the board of the retiree health care authority and to all employers, employees and eligible retirees, spouses and dependents participating in the coverages under the Act.

A. Board's Authority Vested by the Constitution of the State: The board retains and reserves unto itself all powers, rights, authority, duties and responsibilities conferred upon and vested in it by the Constitution of the state of New Mexico and statutes, including those prescri…

The NMRHCA shall pay per diem and mileage consistent with the Per Diem and Mileage Act, Section 10-8-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 and consistent with the per diem and mileage reimbursement requirements of the department of finance and administration as amended and as authorized from time …

This Rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care Act, the New Mexico Retiree Health Care Act (the "Act"), Sections 10-7C-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

June 15, 1998 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of this Rule is to establish procedures governing the board of the retiree health care authority ("the board").

The board shall be composed of those persons or their designees as set out in Section 6 the Act.

Officers of the board shall consist of a president, vice president and a secretary who shall be elected from the board membership. The president shall preside over all board meetings and in his/her absence the vice-president shall preside and in the absence of both the president …

NM Retiree Health Care Authority ("NMRHCA").

Surviving spouses are counted as eligible retirees for purposes of determining post-1997 participating employers' employee/eligible retiree ration.

Post-1997 participating employers shall begin making their surplus-amount contribution and their employer/employee contributions on the July 1 immediately following the board's acceptance of the employer as a NMRHCA participating employer.

If complete statistics are not available at the time of calculating surplus-amount contributions and employer/employee contributions, the NMRHCA may use the available estimated figures to calculate the fees and contributions. When the complete statistics are provided to the NMRHC…

All post-1997 participating employers are obligated to cooperate fully with the NMRHCA in providing timely, complete and accurate information regarding employer's employees, retirees and dependents. The NMRHCA has the right to conduct a full audit of all participating employer's …

Applies to employers who opt to become NMRHCA participating employers after December 31, 1997 and to their employees.

This Rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care Act ("Act"), Sections 10-7C-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

June 15, 1998.

The objective of this rule is to define and establish processes for determining the NMRHCA contribution and fee amounts for employers who opt to become NMRHCA participating employers after December 31, 1997 and for determining the NMRHCA contribution levels of their employees.

A. "Eligible employer" means either:(1) a "retirement system employer" which means an institution of higher education, a school district or other entity participating in the public school insurance authority, a state agency, state court, magistrate court, municipality, county or …

Post-1997 participating employers must pay the applicable surplus-amount contribution for each NMRHCA fiscal year beginning with FY91 through the fiscal year in which the employer is accepted into the NMRHCA program. A. The surplus-amount contribution for each of the NMRHCA's fis…

In addition to surplus-amount contributions, post-1997 participating employers are responsible for making employer/employee contributions in the amount determined by the NMRHCA board. Post-1997 participating employer/employee monthly contributions shall be the greater of the foll…

New Mexico Retiree HealthCare Authority ("NMRHCA")

Except as otherwise provided in 2.81.11.9 NMAC, for eligible retirees who are not members of an enhanced retirement plan and become eligible for participation on or after July 31, 2021, the minimum retiree age requirement to be eligible for subsidies is 55.

This rule applies to eligible retirees of NMRHCA-participating employers who become eligible on or after July 1, 2001, and to the dependents of such retirees.

This rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care Act ("Act"), Sections 10-7C-1 et seq. NMSA 1978, as amended.

Permanent.

February 14, 2002 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of this rule is to establish subsidy levels commensurate with a retiree's years of credited service with a participating employer for employees who become eligible for enrollment into the NMRHCA health care program on or after July 1, 2001, and their dependents, and…

A. "Board" means, the board of directors of the NMRCHA. B. "Credited service" means the number of full years of employment with a participating employer as verified by the authority. C. "Disabled retiree" means an eligible retiree who has been authorized to retire due to disabili…

A. Except as otherwise provided in 2.81.11.9 NMAC, for eligible retirees who are members of an enhanced retirement plan and become eligible for participation on or after July 1, 2001, or are not members of an enhanced retirement plan and become eligible for participation on or af…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule: A. The subsidy paid by the NMRHCA for a disabled retiree with a "duty disability," as described in Subsection B of 2.81.7.10 NMAC, and to the dependents of such a retiree, shall be at the one hundred percent level, corresponding t…

NM Retiree Health Care Authority ("NMRHCA")

A. At the earliest possible Board meeting during the Classified state Employee Board Member election year, the NMRHCA Board shall adopt a resolution specifying when nominating petitions shall be made available for distribution and when the nominating petitions are due to be retur…

A. Secret election ballots shall be mailed at least thirty days prior to the deadline for their return. Ballots shall be held by the NMRHCA in a locked box until the date and time set by the election committee for canvassing. To be counted, ballots must have been received at the …