Chapter 13, Chapter 13

An insurer shall protect the confidentiality of an insured receiving mental health or substance use disorder services. History: Laws 2023, ch. 114, § 9.

The provisions of Sections 1 through 9 [13-7-30 to 13-7-38 NMSA 1978] of this 2023 act do not apply to short-term plans subject to the Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit Act [Chapter 59A, Article 23G NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2023, ch. 114, § 10.

A. The agencies shall enter into a cooperative consolidated purchasing effort to provide plans of health care benefits for the benefit of eligible participants of the respective agencies. The request for proposal shall set forth one or more plans of health care benefits and shall…

A. Group health coverage, including self-insurance, offered, issued, amended, delivered or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act shall provide coverage for insureds to receive biomarker testing. B. Coverage provided pursuant to this section shall be for the purposes of dia…

A. For purposes of this section, "prior authorization" means a written communication indicating whether a specific service is covered or multiple services are covered and reimbursable at a specific amount, subject to applicable coinsurance and deductibles, and issued in response …

A. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall provide for the direct payment of covered benefits to a provider, specified by the insured, regardless of the provider's networ…

recovery. A. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall establish policies and procedures for payment recovery, including providing: (1) notice to the provider that identifi…

A. For purposes of this section, "credit card payment" means a type of electronic funds transfer whereby: (1) an insurer issues a single-use series of numbers associated with the payment of services rendered by the provider and chargeable to a predetermined amount; and (2) the pr…

A. For purposes of this section: (1) "contracting entity" means any person or entity that enters into direct contracts with a provider for the delivery of services in the ordinary course of business; (2) "provider" means a person acting within the scope of licensure to provide de…

rehabilitation technology devices; minimum coverage. A. Group health coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act shall provide coverage for prosthetic devices, custom orthotic devices and complex rehabilitation t…

prescription drug coverage. A. When calculating an enrollee's cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription drugs, pursuant to group health coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act, the insurer shall credit…

A. Counties, municipalities, state educational institutions and other political subdivisions that wish to use the consolidated purchasing single process for the procurement of health care benefits shall create or enter into an existing association, cooperative or other mutual all…

The publicly funded health care agencies, political subdivisions and other persons providing health care benefits through the consolidated purchasing single process, in compliance with state and federal law, shall not require the use of participants' social security numbers as he…

A. The publicly funded health care agencies, political subdivisions and other persons participating in the consolidated purchasing single process pursuant to the Health Care Purchasing Act may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1…

Any group health care coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act on or after July 1, 2003 that offers coverage of an insured's dependent shall not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent by reason of the de…

A. Group health care coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act shall provide coverage for hospitalization and general anesthesia provided in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center for dental surgery for the f…

elected officials acknowledged. On every new public building plaque that lists, acknowledges or thanks the elected officials who were in office at the time the building was funded, constructed or renovated, there shall be included a statement of equal size and visibility that tha…

This act [13-9-1 to 13-9-6 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Immigrant Safety Act". History: Laws 2026, ch. 5, § 1.

As used in the Immigrant Safety Act, "public body" means a state or local government, a sheriff's department, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or any branch of government that receives public funding, including poli…

used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations and requiring public bodies to terminate any such existing agreements. A. A public body shall not enter into, extend, renew or otherwise agree to be a party to an agreement to detain individuals for federal civil…

deputize officers, employees or agents to perform functions of immigration officers. A. A public body shall not enter into, extend, renew or otherwise agree to be a party to an agreement to investigate, apprehend, detain or transport individuals pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Section 1357(…

A. The attorney general or a district attorney may institute a civil action in district court if the attorney general or district attorney has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of the Immigrant Safety Act has occurred or to prevent a violation of that act from occurrin…

If any part or application of the Immigrant Safety Act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected. History: Laws 2026, ch. 5, § 6.