N.M. Stat. § 52-3-56
Credit for benefits furnished or paid under laws of other
jurisdictions.
The payment or award of benefits under the occupational disease disablement law
of another state, territory, province or foreign nation to an employee or his dependents
otherwise entitled on account of such occupational disease to the benefits of this act
[52-3-55 to 52-3-59 NMSA 1978] shall not be a bar to a claim for benefits under this act;
provided that claim under this act is filed within one year after such occupational
disease. If compensation is paid or awarded under this act:
A. the medical and related benefits furnished or paid for by the employer under such
other occupational disease disablement law on account of such occupational disease
shall be credited against the medical and related benefits to which the employee would
have been entitled under this act had claim been made solely under this act;
B. the total amount of all income benefits paid or awarded the employee under such
other occupational disease disablement law shall be credited against the total amount of
income benefits which would have been due the employee under this act, had claim
been made solely under this act; and
C. the total amount of death benefits paid or awarded under such other occupational
disease disablement law shall be credited against the total amount of death benefits
due under this act.