N.M. Stat. § 27-14-10
Certain actions barred.
A. A court shall not have jurisdiction of an action brought pursuant to the Medicaid
False Claims Act against a department official if the action is substantially based on
evidence or information known to the department when the action was brought.
B. A person shall not bring an action pursuant to the Medicaid False Claims Act that
is substantially based upon allegations or transactions that are the subject of a civil suit
or an administrative proceeding in which the department is already a party.
C. A court shall not have jurisdiction over an action pursuant to the Medicaid False
Claims Act substantially based upon the public disclosure of allegations or actions in a
criminal, civil or administrative hearing or from the news media, unless the action is
brought by the department or the person bringing the action is an original source of the
information. For the purposes of this subsection, "original source" means the person
bringing suit that has independent knowledge, including knowledge based on the
person's own investigation of the defendant's conduct, of the information on which the
allegations are based and has voluntarily provided or verified the information on which
the allegations are based or has voluntarily provided the information to the department
before filing an action pursuant to this section that is based on the information.