N.M. Stat. § 27-2-12.31

A. In accordance with federal law, the secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules that provide medical assistance coverage for eligible enrollees to receive a heart artery calcium scan.

B. Medical assistance coverage provided pursuant to this section shall:

(1) be limited to the provision of a heart artery calcium scan to an eligible enrollee to be used as a clinical management tool;

(2) be provided every five years if an eligible enrollee has previously received a heart artery calcium score of zero; and

(3) not be required for future heart artery calcium scans if an eligible enrollee receives a heart artery calcium score greater than zero.

C. At its discretion or as required by law, a managed care organization providing medical assistance may offer or refuse coverage for further cardiac testing or procedures for eligible enrollees based upon the results of a heart artery calcium scan.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited or specified-disease policies, plans or certificates of health insurance.

E. As used in this section:

(1) “ eligible enrollee ” means an enrollee who:

(a) is a person between the ages of forty-five and sixty-five; and

(b) has an intermediate risk of developing coronary heart disease as determined by a health care provider based upon a score calculated from an evidence-based algorithm widely used in the medical community to assess a person's ten-year cardiovascular disease risk, including a score calculated using a pooled cohort equation;

(2) “ health care provider ” means a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or other health care professional authorized to furnish health care services within the scope of the professional's license; and

(3) “ heart artery calcium scan ” means a computed tomography scan measuring coronary artery calcium for atherosclerosis and abnormal artery structure and function.