All remedies available for the collection and enforcement of child support apply to medical support ordered pursuant to the Mandatory Medical Support Act. For the purpose of enforcement, the costs of individual or group health or hospitalization coverage or liabilities established pursuant to Section 40-4C-12 NMSA 1978 shall be included in a medical support judgment.
History: Laws 1990, ch. 78, § 14; 2007, ch. 165, § 11.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, provided that health or hospitalization coverage or liabilities established pursuant to Section 40-4C-12 NMSA be included in a medical support judgment.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 4C - Mandatory Medical Support
Section 40-4C-1 - Short title.
Section 40-4C-3 - Definitions.
Section 40-4C-4 - Medical support; order.
Section 40-4C-5 - Order; proof of compliance; notice.
Section 40-4C-6 - Obligations; employers, unions and carriers; plan.
Section 40-4C-7 - Health care coverage required.
Section 40-4C-8 - Limitation on application.
Section 40-4C-9 - Authorization for claims.
Section 40-4C-10 - Employer, union or carrier notice.
Section 40-4C-11 - Release of information.
Section 40-4C-12 - Medical support obligor liability.