52-8-2: Purpose.

The purpose of the Self-Insurers' Guarantee Fund Act is to provide a guarantee fund for self-insurers to protect the workers and the families of workers employed by self-insurers who become insolvent. The Self-Insurers' Guarantee Fund Act is designed to help ensure the integrity and financial health of the workers' compensation and occupational disease disablement system as it applies to self-insurers in New Mexico.