Vaccine Purchasing Act

The Office of Superintendent of Insurance (OSI) and the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) coordinate together for the Vaccine Purchasing Act (VPA). Effective March 20, 2015, VPA created a state fund to support the purchase, storage, and distribution of childhood vaccines in New Mexico. Health insurers and group health plans reimburse the state for their share of vaccine costs, using a formula set in state law. The public health objective is to have a seamless vaccine distribution system in order for providers and patients to have consistent access to childhood vaccines in New Mexico.

OSI’s role in the VPA includes

• Enforcing reporting requirements for health insurers and group health plans
• Collecting and monitoring annual covered lives submissions
• Issuing notices, tracking compliance, and applying penalties when necessary
• Maintaining oversight of insurer obligations under the VPA

Please refer below for the VPA Application reporting system link, recent OSI VPA announcements, and additional resources provided by OSI.

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Subject: Vaccine Purchasing Act Application

This is the official system to collect the number of insured children under the age of 19 (as of December 31, 2025) from Covered Entities who are required to annually report under the New Mexico Vaccine Purchasing Act (VPA) N.M.S.A. 1978 Sections 24-5A-1 through 9. Covered entities must submit a report even if the total number of lives is zero (0). This requirement includes organizations located outside New Mexico administrating New Mexico plans.

Note: To prevent duplicate submissions, employer group health plans and their third-party administrators (TPA) must coordinate to identify which entity will submit the VPA report.

FY2027 Reporting Period:

Start Date: May 01, 2026

End Date: July 01, 2026, 11:59 pm*

*Pursuant to section 24-5A- NMSA 1978, any covered entity that fails to submit its report by the deadline shall be subject to a late filing fee of five hundred dollars ($500) per day, for each day from the date the report was due.

Attention:

The VPA Reporting System requires individual submissions for each client.

• Bulk item spreadsheets or submissions containing multiple clients are not accepted. Please plan and prepare accordingly.
• The start date has been moved to May 1st, allowing additional time to work within the VPA Reporting System.
• OSI strongly encourages beginning the report submissions early to meet the deadline of July 1st.
• OSI will not grant extensions.

Things you need before you start:

1. FEIN numbers for clients/covered entities you represent, and reporting on behalf of.
2. Full business names of clients/covered entities that own the FEINs.
3. Primary and alternate contact information for clients/covered entities. Provide names, job titles, addresses, emails, and phone numbers.
   • Please do not list the same name for both the primary and alternate contact.
4. Number of covered lives for each client/covered entity.
5. New Mexico VPA User Guide, which includes instructions. Save or print this document and have it handy when using the VPA Application.
6. New Mexico VPA FAQs, which provide additional information.

Please refer to the User Guide and FAQs before reaching out to OSI.

When sending an email to OSI VPA program vpa.data@osi.nm.gov, please enter in the subject line the client’s full business name, FEIN, and your first and last name. This will assist OSI’s VPA program coordinators in tracking inquiries.

Example:

Office of Superintendent of Insurance, 85-1111111 – Jane Smith

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Dates to remember:

Reporting Period
Start date:	May 1, 2026 at 8:00am MDT
End date:	July 1, 2026 at 11:59pm MDT

Total # of lives – Reporting date	DOH Billing timeframe	Fiscal Year	Dates of DOH quarterly invoices	DOH Payment due dates
12/31/2025	07/01/2026 – 06/30/2027	2027	Sept 1, Dec 1, March 1, June 1	Oct 1, Jan 1, April 1, July 1

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VPA Additional Resources