Section 22-14-11.1 - Third party liability.

NM Stat § 22-14-11.1 (2019) (N/A)
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A. The vocational rehabilitation division shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain any legal liability of third parties who are or may be liable to pay all or part of the cost of rehabilitation services of an applicant or client of vocational rehabilitation.

B. When the division provides vocational rehabilitation services to qualified individuals, the division is subrogated to any right of the individual against a third party for recovery of costs incurred.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 60, § 1.