A. In providing coverage for family planning services and supplies under the medical assistance program, the department shall ensure that a recipient is permitted to fill or refill a prescription for a one-year supply of a covered, self-administered contraceptive at one time, as prescribed.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a recipient's freedom to choose or change the method of family planning to be used, regardless of whether the recipient has exhausted a previously dispensed supply of contraceptives.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 263, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 263 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.