A. Workers' compensation claims by participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act [Chapter 27, Article 2B NMSA 1978] shall be separately recorded and maintained in the calculation of the experience modification factor used to calculate premiums for the participating employer so that the experience modification factor attributable to claims by participants can be separated from the remainder of the employer's experience modification factor.
B. The separately calculated experience modification factor for the first year of employment of each participant shall not be considered as part of the experience modification factor of any employer. The superintendent of insurance shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
C. For the purpose of this section, "participants" means participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 181, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1999, ch. 181 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective on June 18, 1999, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.