1. A. There is created the "child support guidelines review commission", which is administratively attached to the human services department [health care authority department]. The commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the secretary of human services. The commission shall be organized once every four years for a term not to exceed thirty days. The commission shall, within four years of the effective date of this section and every four years thereafter:

   1. (1) review the child support guidelines set forth in Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 to ensure that the application of the guidelines results in the determination of appropriate child support order amounts; and
   2. (2) provide a report of its findings to the secretary of human services.

2. B. The human services department [health care authority department] shall publish online and make accessible to the public the:

   1. (1) findings of the child support guidelines review commission;
   2. (2) membership of the commission; and
   3. (3) date of the next quadrennial review.
3. C. Members of the child support guidelines review commission shall not be paid but shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

History: 1978 Comp., § 40-4-11.3, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 36, § 2; 2021, ch. 20, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2023, ch. 205, § 16 provided that references to the human services department shall be deemed to be references to the health care authority department.

The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, created the child support guidelines review commission, provided the duties of the commission, required the commission to provide periodic reports to the secretary of human services, and required the human services department to publish certain information regarding the commission; in the section heading, added "Child support guidelines review commission; created"; in Subsection A, added "There is created the 'child support guidelines review commission', which is administratively attached to the human services department. The commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the secretary of human services. The commission shall be organized once every four years for a term not to exceed thirty days. The commission shall", in Paragraph A(1), added "review", after "Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978", deleted "shall be reviewed as to their appropriateness by an appropriate executive or legislative commission or executive department" and added "to ensure that the application of the guidelines results in the determination of appropriate child support amounts; and", and added Paragraph A(2); and added new Subsections B and C.