N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-16
Pool policy.
A. A pool policy offered under the Medical Insurance Pool Act shall contain
provisions under which the pool is obligated to renew the contract until the day on which
the individual in whose name the contract is issued first becomes eligible for medicare
coverage, except that in a family policy covering both husband and wife, the age of the
younger spouse shall be used as the basis for meeting the durational requirement of
this subsection.
B. The pool shall not change the rates for pool policies except on a class basis with
a clear disclosure in the policy of the right of the pool to do so.
C. In the case of a small group policy, a pool policy offered under the Medical
Insurance Pool Act shall provide covered family members the right to continue the
policy as the named insured or through a conversion policy upon the death of the
named insured or upon the divorce, annulment or dissolution of marriage or legal
separation of the spouse from the named insured by election to do so within a period of
time specified in the contract subject to the requirements of this section.