A. The "vaccine purchasing fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of amounts reimbursed to the state by health insurers and group health plans pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act and of appropriations from, and transfers made to, the fund. Money in the fund shall be expended only for the purposes specified in the Vaccine Purchasing Act, by warrant issued by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of health.
B. Money from the fund may be appropriated to the department to be expended only as authorized in Section 5 [24-5A-5 NMSA 1978] of the Vaccine Purchasing Act.
C. The fund shall be audited in the same manner as other state funds are audited, and all records of payments made from the fund shall be open to the public.
D. Any balance remaining in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year.
E. Money in the fund shall be invested by the state investment officer in accordance with the limitations in Article 12, Section 7 of the constitution of New Mexico. Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
History: Laws 2015, ch. 5, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2015, ch. 5, § 10 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 20, 2015.