§ 27-2-23.1 NMSA 1978

No employee health benefit plan established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1144, that provides payments for health care on behalf of individuals residing in the state shall contain any provisions excluding or limiting coverage or payment for any health care for an individual who would otherwise be covered or entitled to benefits or services under the terms of the employee health benefit plan, because that individual is provided, or is eligible for, benefits under the medicaid program of this state pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq.