A. The fund shall be used for the purchase, storage and distribution of vaccines, as recommended by the advisory committee on immunization practices, for insured children who are not eligible for the vaccines for children program.
B. The department shall credit any balance remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year toward the department's purchase of vaccines the following year; provided that the department maintains a reserve of ten percent of the amount estimated to be expended in the following year.
C. The fund shall not be used:
(1) for the purchase, storage and distribution of vaccines for children who are eligible for the vaccines for children program;
(2) for administrative expenses associated with the statewide vaccine purchasing program; or
(3) to pass through a federally negotiated discount pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396s.
History: Laws 2015, ch. 5, § 5.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2015, ch. 5, § 10 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 20, 2015.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 5A - Vaccine Purchasing
Section 24-5A-1 - Short title.
Section 24-5A-2 - Definitions.
Section 24-5A-3 - Statewide vaccine purchasing program.
Section 24-5A-4 - Vaccine purchasing fund.
Section 24-5A-5 - Authorized uses of the vaccine purchasing fund.
Section 24-5A-7 - Appeal; penalties.