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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 4 - CONTRACTS › Section 2.81.4.28 - FINAL DETERMINATION

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A. In
				those proceedings in which no motion for reconsideration is filed, the written
				determination issued pursuant to 2.81.4.24 NMAC shall be the final
				determination for purposes of the time limits for seeking judicial review under
				Section
				13-1-183 NMSA
				1978.
B. Motion for
				reconsideration: In those proceedings in which a motion for reconsideration is
				filed, the written response to the motion issued pursuant to 2.81.4.24 NMAC
				shall be the final determination for purposes of the time limits for seeking
				judicial review under Section
				13-1-183 NMSA
				1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 4 - CONTRACTS › Section 2.81.4.29 - COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS

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A.
				Each party to a protest proceeding shall certify that it has provided every
				other party with copies of all documents or correspondence addressed or
				delivered to the executive director or the board.
B. No party shall submit to the executive
				director or the board, ex parte, any material, evidence, explanation, analysis,
				or advice, whether written or oral, regarding any matter at issue in a
				protest.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 4 - CONTRACTS › Section 2.81.4.30 - CONTRACTS - AUDITS

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A. The NMRHCA
				has the primary responsibility for contract compliance monitoring. The board or
				its consultant if any, shall audit contracts on a random basis to determine:
(1) if the tasks called for in the scope of
				services have been performed;
(2)
				if the contract was completed in time and within budget;
(3) if the services were performed to the
				satisfaction of the NMRHCA.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 4 - CONTRACTS › Section 2.81.4.31 - VOUCHER APPROVAL - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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A. No voucher for payment of professional
				services will be approved by the board or its third party administrators, other
				than a payroll voucher or travel voucher, unless the contract and any
				amendments to the contract has been approved were required by these rules. All
				vouchers must contain the contract identification number.
B. The board or its third party
				administrators shall not approve any voucher for the payment of professional
				services unless the voucher certifies that the services have been
				rendered.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.2 - SCOPE

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This rule applies to:
A. eligible retirees, spouses, domestic
				partners, and their dependents;
B.
				participating employers; and
C.
				pension administrators.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care
				  Act ("Act"), Sections
				  10-7C-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this rule is to establish procedures
				  governing the determination of amounts of monthly contributions by eligible
				  retirees, spouses, domestic partners, and dependents for the basic medical plan
				  and optional coverages and to establish procedures for collection of
				  contributions and participation fees. The objective of this rule is to identify
				  the payroll date beginning from which employer/employee contributions shall
				  begin under Section 15 of the act and to define "salary" and "annual salary"
				  for the purpose of calculating the participating employer, employee
				  contributions.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A. "Act" means the
				Retiree Health Care Act (Sections
				10-7C-1 et seq. NMSA
				1978)
B. "Salary"
(1) For those independent public employers
				and participating employers affiliated with the Public Employees Retirement Act
				(PERA), "salary" has the meaning ascribed to it as set forth in the Public
				Employees Retirement Act, Section
				10-11-2 NMSA 1978, and as amended
				from time to time.
(2) For those
				participating employers affiliated with the Educational Retirement Act (ERA)
				"salary" means the total remuneration paid for personal services rendered to
				the employer by the employee for services rendered during each of the four
				calendar quarters of a fiscal year, beginning July 1 and ending June 30. This
				includes payment made directly to the employee of a third party on behalf of or
				for the benefit of the employee except that lump sum payment to the employee
				for accrued sick leave shall not be included. Bonuses or incentive pay for
				early retirement during the four quarters preceding the member's retirement
				shall not be included. Lump sum payment for up to thirty days of accrued annual
				or vacation leave shall be included. Sixty percent of the amount paid to an
				employee under a school bus owner/driver contract shall be included. Lump sum
				or payments over time made to an employee where services are not rendered are
				not included in the definition of annual salary such as where the employer
				"buys-out" the employee's contract. Included is any sums due the employee but
				withheld and paid for benefits of a voluntary "cafeteria" plan.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.8 - ELIGIBILITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EMPLOYEES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS

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A. There
				are also persons employed by independent school bus contractors. They are not
				owner/drivers. They are employees of bus contractors providing bus services to
				public school districts and other educational entities. They are eligible to
				participate in the insurance overages of the New Mexico public school insurance
				authority. On approval of the executive director of the retiree health care
				authority, the public school district or other educational entity may at their
				option irrevocably contract with the NMRHCA to: withhold the employer/employee
				contributions from the payments due the school bus contractor; and pay on
				behalf of the school bus contractor the employer and employee contributions
				provided for in Section 15. A. and B. of the act.
B. This option may only be exercised prior to
				January 1, 1991 and if exercised after July 1, 1990, the contributions required
				shall be retroactive to July 1, 1990 but without interest. Those retirees,
				their spouses, domestic partners, and dependents who are current retirees,
				their spouses, domestic partners, and dependents retired from service in the
				employment of a school bus contractor contracting with a public school district
				or other educational entity which does not enter into an irrevocable agreement
				shall not be eligible for the benefits of the act and shall not be allowed to
				purchase coverages offered under the act.
C. Those retirees, their spouses, domestic
				partners, and dependents who are current retirees, their spouses, domestic
				partners, and dependents retired from service in the employment of a school bus
				contractor contracting with a public school district or other educational
				entity which does enter into an irrevocable agreement shall be eligible for the
				benefits of the act and shall be allowed to purchase coverages offered under
				the act at such time as they have complied with the provisions of Subsection B
				of 2.81.7.7 NMAC, and 2.81.7.8 NMAC, 2.81.7.9 NMAC and 2.81.7.10
				NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.9 - BASIC PLAN OF MEDICAL BENEFITS/ DETERMINATION OF THE LEVEL OF CONTRIBUTIONS

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Pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 B. of the act, the
				  board of the NMRHCA shall provide for the collection of contributions from
				  eligible retirees, spouses, domestic partners, and dependents which money when
				  combined with other money appropriated to the fund, shall be sufficient to
				  provide the required insurance coverage and to pay the expenses of the NMRHCA.
				  The board shall in the month of February of each year review and make a
				  determination with regard to contribution levels for all lines of coverages
				  offered by the NMRHCA. Such contributing levels shall be effective the
				  following first day of July of the subsequent year.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.10 - OPTIONAL PLANS/DETERMINATION OF CONTRIBUTION/PARTICIPATION FEE COLLECTION

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A.
				Pursuant to Section 13 B. of the act, for those eligible retirees, spouses,
				domestic partners, and dependents who desire to participate in the optional
				plans or list of coverage, collection of additional contributions to pay the
				cost to the authority of such plans shall be accomplished by the NMRHCA third
				party administrator. The monthly contribution to cover the NMRHCA cost of
				providing the optional plans or lines of coverage shall be established by the
				board. Any eligible retiree, spouse, domestic partner or dependent must pay the
				contributions required for optional coverages at least thirty days in advance
				of the first day of the month of coverage. Provided, however, these time
				requirements may be altered if payment for such optional plan is authorized by
				payroll deduction by the retirees pension system under a payment schedule
				approved in writing by the NMRHCA executive director.
B. Failure to make timely payments shall
				result in termination of coverage. Those former employers of retirees who enter
				into an arrangement with their retirees and desire to pay some or all of the
				retiree contribution required under Section 13 A. of the act, may make such
				payments monthly pursuant to an arrangement approved in writing by the
				executive director of the NMRHCA. Provided, however, the $5.00 monthly
				participation fee required of current retirees and non-salaried eligible
				participating entity governing authority members who become eligible retirees
				must be paid by the retiree or eligible governing authority member. Payments
				agreed to be made or required to be made by former employers of retirees shall
				be made at least thirty days in advance of the first day of the month of
				coverage. If with regard to an individual retiree, either the payment agreed to
				be made by the former employer or the fee required to be paid by the retiree is
				not timely paid, coverage is terminated. In all other situations, payment shall
				be made in advance for the first month of coverage and for subsequent months by
				the tenth day of the month preceding the month of coverage.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 5 - CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 2.81.5.11 - EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS - BEGINNING DATE

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Any eligible employer that chooses to become a participating
				  employer after December 31, 1997 shall begin making the employer and employee
				  contributions to the fund in the amount determined appropriate by the board on
				  the July 1 immediately following the employer's official choice to become a
				  NMRHCA participating employer. On the following January 1, eligible retirees of
				  those participating employers and their eligible dependents shall be eligible
				  to receive group health insurance coverage pursuant to the provisions of the
				  Retiree Health Care Act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority
				  ("NMRHCA").
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.2 - SCOPE

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This rule applies to all eligible retirees, eligible
				  spouses, eligible domestic partners, and eligible dependents authorized to
				  participate in the NMRHCA coverages.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care
				  Act, Sections
				  10-7C-1 to
				  16 NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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January 1, 2017 unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this rule is to establish the enrollment
				  policy for eligible retirees, eligible spouses, eligible domestic partners, and
				  dependents authorized to participate in the NMRHCA's coverage. The objective is
				  to establish rules for new eligible retiree, spouse, domestic partners, and
				  dependent enrollment, change in status enrollment for eligible dependents and
				  new dependent enrollment. The objective of this rule is to clarify when proof
				  of medical insurability will be required in these cases, requiring certain
				  documentation of retirees, spouses, domestic partners, and those claiming
				  improper loss of coverages.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Act"
means the Retiree Health Care Act (Sections 10-7 C-1 to 16
				NMSA 1978).
B.
"Domestic
				partner"
means a person at least 18 years of age, not married or a
				member of another domestic partnership, who is in an exclusive committed
				relationship with and for the benefit of the retiree member, and who has shared
				a primary residence with the retiree member for twelve or more consecutive
				months, is jointly responsible with the retiree member for each other's common
				welfare, shares joint financial obligations with the retiree member, and does
				not have a blood relationship with the retiree member such as to preclude
				marriage between them under New Mexico law.
C.
"Open enrollment period"
means any of the periods commencing January 1, 2017, and ending January 31,
				2017, or commencing on January 1 and ending on January 31 of every odd-numbered
				year thereafter, in which an eligible retiree, eligible spouse, eligible
				domestic partner or dependents authorized to participate in NMRHCA's coverage
				may enroll into NMRHCA programs and outside of such periods an eligible
				retiree, eligible spouse, eligible domestic partner or eligible dependent may
				enroll into NMRHCA programs only upon the occurrence of a qualifying event as
				provided in
				26 U.S.C. Section
				125, as amended, and the regulations
				promulgated thereunder.
D.
"Termination of domestic partnership"
means the cessation of the
				joint and mutually responsible financial and exclusive committed relationship
				required for a domestic partnership.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.9 - ENROLLMENT AND ELIGIBILITY/ CONFLICT BETWEEN NMRHCA-CARRIER AGREEMENTS, NMRHCA RULES AND REGULATIONS, INDEMNITY POLICIES, HMO INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENTS AND NMRHCA POLICY MISCOMMUNICATIONS

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A.
Carrier contracts:
As to
				questions of enrollment and eligibility, in the event there is a conflict
				between the carrier contract with the NMRHCA and this rule the rule will
				prevail.
B.
Miscommunication:
As to questions of enrollment and eligibility,
				if miscommunication occurred, the party negligently communicating shall
				initiate action to correct the error.
C.
Dispute resolution:
As to
				questions of enrollment and eligibility, disputes not resolved between the
				retiree and the NMRHCA or its contractors shall be submitted to and resolved by
				the NMRHCA executive director. Any aggrieved person may within 30 days of the
				executive director's decision, appeal such to the NMRHCA board and its decision
				shall be final, except as otherwise provided by law.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 6 - ELIGIBLE RETIREE SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER AND DEPENDENT BENEFIT COVERAGE ENROLLMENT › Section 2.81.6.10 - ENROLLMENT IN OPTIONAL, VOLUNTARY, OR SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS

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Eligible retirees, and their spouses, domestic partners, and
				  dependents, may enroll in optional, voluntary, or supplemental plans such as
				  dental, vision, and life without enrolling in an NMRHCA medical plan of
				  benefits. The eligible retirees and their spouses, domestic partners, and
				  dependents enrolling in such optional, voluntary, and supplemental plans shall
				  pay a monthly premium which will cover the total cost for each benefit plan
				  they elect to receive.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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NM Retiree Health Care Authority ("NMRHCA")
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.2 - SCOPE

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This rule applies to independent public employers. It applies
				  to their employees, retirees, spouses, domestic partners, and
				  dependents.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care
				  Act, ("Act"), Sections
				  10-7C-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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June 15, 1998, unless a later date is cited in the history
				  note at the end of a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this rule is to describe the impact of
				  inclusion in coverage and the impact of exclusion from or failure to act to
				  become a participating employer on employees and retirees of independent public
				  employers. The additional objective is to clarify the act with regard to
				  eligibility of retirees to participate in coverages under the act if those
				  retirees have a work history involving work for the state or public schools
				  which is mandated into the act and also have worked for other governmental
				  units which may be excluded from being a participating employer or may choose
				  to be excluded from being a participating employer under the act or who may
				  have been excluded as individuals from the public pension plan though having
				  worked for an employer affiliated with a public pension plan.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Act"
means the Retiree Health Care Act (Sections
				10-7C-1 et
				seq. NMSA 1978)
B.
"Credited
				Service"
means the same service as is included for purposes of
				determining "annual salary" or "salary" as defined in 2.81.5.7 NMAC.
C.
"Independent Public
				Employer"
means a municipality, county or public entity which is not a
				retirement system employer (Section 10-7C-4(G)(2) NMSA 1978)
D.
"Public Entity"
means a
				flood control authority, economic development district, council of governments,
				regional housing authority, conservancy district or other special district or
				special purpose government (Section 10-7C-4(N) NMSA 1978)
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.8 - RETIREES/ELIGIBILITY FOR COVERAGE

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To be eligible for coverage an eligible retiree must satisfy
				  the service requirement pursuant to
				  2.81.7.10
				  NMAC in the employment of a participating employer which has timely petitioned
				  to become and has been admitted as a participating employer under the
				  act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.9 - APPLICANTS FOR COVERAGE/NOT ELIGIBLE

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Acceptance of a contribution by an applicant for coverage
				  shall not constitute a determination by the NMRHCA, any of its officers, agents
				  or employees that the applicant, spouse or dependents are eligible for
				  coverage. The third party administrator shall be responsible for making a
				  determination with regard to eligibility of applicants for coverage. In the
				  event the third party administrator determines the applicant to be ineligible,
				  the contribution shall be returned without interest. Such determination may be
				  appealed to the NMRHCA board by the applicant and the board shall at its next
				  regular meeting after notice of appeal hear and make a final decision on the
				  issue, which decision is not appealable.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 7 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY OR NON ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS › Section 2.81.7.11 - BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY/CERTIFYING OFFICIAL

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Pursuant to Subsection M of
				  2.81.6.8
				  NMAC, the certifying official designated to certify permission to enroll in
				  coverages by retirees, spouses, domestic partners, and dependents of persons
				  having served an independent public employer or non-retirement system
				  institution of higher education is the executive director of the NMRHCA.
				  Certification shall be on a form approved by the executive director of the
				  NMRHCA.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.2 - SCOPE

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Applies to those municipalities, counties and public entities
				  which are independent public employers and who exercise an option to be
				  included therein after December 31, 1997.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care
				  Act ("act"), Sections
				  10-7C-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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June 15, 1998, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this rule is to establish procedures
				  governing the process by which independent public employers may exercise their
				  option to be included as participating employers under the act after December
				  31, 1997.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Act"
means the Retiree Health Care Act (Sections
				10-7C-1 et
				seq. NMSA 1978).
B.
"Independent public employer"
means a municipality, county or public
				entity which is not a retirement system employer (Section 10-7C-4(G)(2) NMSA
				1978).
C.
"Public
				entity"
means a flood control authority, economic development district,
				council of governments, regional housing authority, conservancy district or
				other special district or special purpose government (Section 10-7C-4(N) NMSA
				1978).
D.
"Retirement system
				employer"
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 public entity,
				each of which is affiliated under or covered by the Educational Retirement Act,
				the Public Employees Retirement Act, the Judicial Retirement Act, the
				Magistrate Retirement Act or the Public Employees Retirement Reciprocity Act
				(Section 10-7C-4(G)(1) NMSA 1978).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.8 - EXERCISE OF OPTION IN BY MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS

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Municipalities, counties and public entities that are
				  independent public employers may at their option irrevocably determine by
				  ordinance or resolution, following a public hearing and published notice of the
				  hearing, to become a participating employer under the act. In addition to
				  complying with all other required notice and public hearing or meeting
				  requirements, any such independent public employer seeking to become a NMRHCA
				  participating employer shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. Thirty days prior to the public hearing or
				public meeting on the proposed ordinance or resolution, the employer shall
				notify the NMRHCA of the date, time and place of the public hearing or public
				meeting. If the notice is by means other than certified mail, the notice is not
				deemed to have been given until receipt is acknowledged in writing by the
				NMRHCA. The NMRHCA executive director has the authority, on a case by case
				basis, to waive the thirty-day notice requirement if he/she determines:
(1) there is good cause to waive the
				requirement; and
(2) if he/she
				determines that the NMRHCA has received sufficient actual notice. Notice to the
				NMRHCA must be in the following form:
FORM NOTICE LETTER
Executive Director
Retiree Health Care Authority
625 Don Gaspar (or current address)
Santa Fe, NM 87503
Dear Executive Director
The (INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER) hereby gives notice
				  that on the ______ day of __________________,_____ at _________________________
				  the governing body will conduct a public hearing on the question of including
				  the (INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER) in coverage by the Retiree Health Care
				  Act.
This notice was authorized to be provided by a formal vote of
				  the governing body of the (INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER) held on the
				  _______ day of ___________________________.
(INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER)
By
________________________
Its
____________________
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.9 - RETIREES, SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS OR DEPENDENTS OF RETIREES OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS THAT FAIL TO PETITION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ACT NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS

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Those retirees, their spouses, domestic partners or
				  dependents who are current retirees, their spouses, domestic partners or
				  dependents as defined in the act or who retire from service with an independent
				  public employer which fails to become a participating employer under the act
				  shall not be eligible for the benefits of the act and shall not be allowed to
				  purchase coverages offered under the act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.10 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS PETITIONING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1997, REQUIRED TO MAKE SIX MONTHS OF APPROPRIATE EMPLOYER/ EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS BEFORE ELIGIBLE FOR NMRHCA PARTICIPATION

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An independent public employer that chooses to become a
				  participating employer after December 31, 1997, shall submit their opt-in
				  ordinance or opt-in resolution to the NMRHCA board prior to the board's
				  semi-annual review meeting. Following acceptance by the NMRHCA board, the
				  employer shall begin making employer and employee contributions to the fund in
				  an amount determined to be appropriate by the NMRHCA board on the January 1 or
				  July 1, immediately following the adoption of the ordinance or resolution. On
				  the following January 1 or July 1, eligible retirees of those participating
				  employers and their eligible dependents shall be eligible to receive group
				  health insurance coverage pursuant to the provisions of the Retiree Health Care
				  Act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 8 - INDEPENDENT PUBLIC EMPLOYER OPTION › Section 2.81.8.11 - NMRHCA BOARD ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING

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Twice a year, at the NMRHCA board's regularly-scheduled June
				  and December meetings the board will review the ordinances and resolutions of
				  eligible employers who are seeking NMRHCA participation and accept those
				  employers who have met the requirements of the Retiree Health Care Act and the
				  NMRHCA board's rules and regulations. The board in its discretion may
				  reschedule these meetings.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.1 - ISSUING AUTHORITY

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NM Retiree Health Care Authority
				  ("NMRHCA").
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.2 - SCOPE

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Applies to those municipalities, counties, institutions of
				  higher education or public entities who are retirement system employers as
				  defined and who exercise their option to be included therein after December 31,
				  1997.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care
				  Act ("Act"), Sections
				  10-7C-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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July 15, 1998 unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this rule is to establish procedures
				  governing the process by which eligible municipalities, counties, institutions
				  of higher education and public entities the Act) [sic] who may exercise their
				  option to be included into coverage under the act after December 31,
				  1997.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
"Act"
means the Retiree Health Care Act (Sections
				10-7C-1 et
				seq. NMSA 1978).
B.
"Independent public employer"
means a municipality, county, or public
				entity which is not a retirement system employer (Section 10-7C-4(G)(2) NMSA
				1978).
C.
"Public
				entity"
means a flood control authority, economic development district,
				council of governments, regional housing authority, conservancy district or
				other special district or special purpose government (Section 10-7C-4(N) NMSA
				1978).
D.
"Retirement system
				employer"
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 public entity,
				each of which is affiliated under or covered by the Educational Retirement Act,
				the Public Employees Retirement Act, the Judicial Retirement Act, the
				Magistrate Retirement Act or the Public Employees Retirement Reciprocity Act
				(Section 10-7C-4(G)(1) NMSA 1978).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.8 - EXERCISE OF OPTION OUT/ MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES WHICH ARE RETIREMENT SYSTEM EMPLOYERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4. G. OF THE ACT

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Any municipality or county who has some (it need not be all)
				  of its workforce affiliated with the Public Employee Retirement Act system as
				  of February 14, 1990 shall be considered to be mandated into the coverage of
				  the Act with the option pursuant to this rule to choose not to be a
				  participating employer under the act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.9 - EXERCISE OF OPTION IN/ MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WHICH ARE RETIREMENT SYSTEM EMPLOYERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4. G. OF THE ACT

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Municipalities, counties, institutions of higher education
				  and public entities who are retirement system employers may at their option
				  irrevocably determine by ordinance or resolution to be included as
				  participating employers under the act. In addition to complying with all other
				  required notice and public hearing or meeting requirements, any such retirement
				  system employer seeking to become a NMRHCA participating employer shall be
				  subject to the following conditions:
A. Thirty days prior to the public hearing or
				public meeting on the proposed ordinance or resolution, the employer shall
				notify the NMRHCA of the date, time and place of the public hearing or public
				meeting. If the notice is by means other than certified mail, the notice is not
				deemed to have been given until receipt is acknowledged in writing by the
				NMRHCA. The NMRHCA executive director has the authority, on a case-by-case
				basis, to waive the thirty-day notice requirement if he/she determine:
(1) there is good cause to waive the
				requirement; and
(2) if he/she
				determines that the NMRHCA has received sufficient actual notice. Notice to the
				NMRHCA must be in the following form:
FORM NOTICE LETTER
Executive Director
Retiree Health Care Authority
625 Don Gaspar (or current address)
Santa Fe, NM 87503
Dear Executive Director:
The (INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER) hereby gives notice
				  that on the ______ day of __________________,_____ at _________________________
				  the governing body will conduct a public hearing on the question of including
				  the (INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER) in coverage by the Retiree Health Care
				  Act.
This notice was authorized to be provided by a formal vote of
				  the governing body of the (INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER) held on the
				  _______ day of _____________________,______.
(INSERT NAME OF APPLICANT EMPLOYER, )
By: ________________________
Its: ____________________
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.10 - RETIREES, SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS OR DEPENDENTS OF RETIREES OF AFFILIATED MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR PUBLIC ENTITIES FAILING TO OPT INTO THE NMRHCA NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS

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Those retirees, their spouses, domestic partners or
				  dependents who are current retirees, their spouses, domestic partners or
				  dependents as defined in the act or who retire from service with an eligible
				  municipality, county, institution of higher education or public entity which
				  fails to opt-in to the NMRHCA shall not be eligible for the benefits of the act
				  and shall not be allowed to purchase coverages offered under the
				  act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.11 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITIES OPTING TO BE INCLUDED IN NMRHCA COVERAGE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1997 REQUIRED TO MAKE SIX MONTHS OF APPROPRIATE EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS BEFORE BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR NMRHCA PARTICIPATION

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Any municipality, county, institution of higher education or
				  public entity that enacts an ordinance or resolution to become a participating
				  employer after December 31, 1997, shall submit their opt-in ordinance or opt-in
				  resolution to the NMRHCA board prior to the board's annual review meeting.
				  Following acceptance by the NMRHCA board, the employer shall begin making the
				  appropriate employer and employee contributions to the fund as determined by
				  the NMRHCA board on the July 1, immediately following the adoption of the
				  ordinance or resolution. On the following January 1, eligible retirees of those
				  participating employers and their eligible dependents shall be eligible to
				  receive group health insurance coverage pursuant to the provisions of the
				  Retiree Health Care Act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 9 - AFFILIATED MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENTITY OPTION › Section 2.81.9.12 - NMRHCA BOARD ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING

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Once a year, at the NMRHCA board's regularly-scheduled June
				  meeting the board will review the ordinances and resolutions of eligible
				  employers who are seeking NMRHCA participation and accept those employers who
				  have met the requirements of the Retiree Health Care Act and the NMRHCA board's
				  rules and regulations. The board in its discretion may reschedule this
				  meeting.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 10 - POST-1997 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RULE › Section 2.81.10.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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NM Retiree Health Care Authority
				  ("NMRHCA").
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 10 - POST-1997 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RULE › Section 2.81.10.2 - SCOPE

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Applies to employers who opt to become NMRHCA participating
				  employers after December 31, 1997 and to their employees.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 10 - POST-1997 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RULE › Section 2.81.10.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This Rule is promulgated pursuant to the Retiree Health Care
				  Act ("Act"), Sections
				  10-7C-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 10 - POST-1997 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RULE › Section 2.81.10.6 - OBJECTIVE

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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.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 10 - POST-1997 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RULE › Section 2.81.10.7 - DEFINITIONS

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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 public entity, each of which is affiliated under or
				covered by the Educational Retirement Act, the Public Employees Retirement Act,
				the Judicial Retirement Act, the Magistrate Retirement Act or the Public
				Employees Retirement Reciprocity Act; or
(2) an
"independent public
				employer"
which means a municipality, county or public entity which is
				not a retirement system employer.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 10 - POST-1997 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS RULE › Section 2.81.10.8 - SURPLUS-AMOUNT CONTRIBUTION

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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 fiscal years since the inception of the
				NMRHCA (Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of 2.81.10.8 NMAC) is calculated by using
				either the retiree formula or the active employee formula. On a case by case
				basis, the formula which results in the greater contribution payment to the
				NMRHCA shall be used to set the surplus-amount contribution of each post-1997
				participating employer.
(1)
Retiree
				formula:
Using this formula, the surplus-amount contribution equals the
				surplus amount added to the NMRHCA trust account at the end of the fiscal year
				after all bills were paid divided by the number of NMRHCA participating
				retirees during that fiscal year and then multiplied by the number of the
				post-1997 participating employer's eligible retirees in that fiscal year.
Retiree formula example:
Employer opted to become a NMRHCA
				participating employer in 1998. In fiscal year 91, the NMRHCA had an applicable
				surplus of $9,247.756 and an average of 10,412 participating retirees which
				amounts to a FY91 surplus per participating retiree of $888.18. Employer Apple
				had 30 employees in FY91 which multiplied by the $888.18 FY 91
				surplus/participating retiree equals a surplus-amount contribution of
				$26,645.40. Employer Apple must also pay surplus-amount contribution for each
				fiscal year between 1990 and date that Employer Apple becomes a participating
				employer, which amounts to eight years.
(2)
Active employee formula:
Using this formula, the surplus-amount contribution equals the surplus amount
				added to the NMRHCA trust account at the end of the fiscal year after all bills
				were paid divided by the number of NMRHCA active employees during that fiscal
				year and then multiplied by the number of the post-1997 participating
				employer's active employees in that same fiscal year.
Active employee
				example:
Employer Orange opted to become a NMRHCA participating employer
				in 1998. In Fiscal Year 1991, the NMRHCA had an applicable surplus of
				$9,247.756 and an average of 71,585 active employees which amounts to a surplus
				per active employee of $129.19. Employer Orange had 200 employees in FY91 which
				multiplied by the $129.19 FY91 surplus/employee equals a surplus-amount
				contribution of $25,838.00. Employer Orange must also pay surplus-amount
				contributions for each fiscal year between 1990 and date that Employer Orange
				becomes a participating employer, which amounts to eight years.