N.M. Stat. § 59A-16-21.2

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 59A-16-21.2 - Health benefits plans; prohibition; unlicensed health benefits plans; unapproved health benefits plans
A. No person or entity shall sell or issue, or cause to be sold or issued, a health benefits plan that is unlicensed or unapproved for sale or delivery in the state.
B. No person or entity shall sell or issue, or cause to be sold or issued, health insurance coverage that is not permitted health insurance coverage.
C. As used in this section:
(1) "health benefits plan" means a policy or agreement entered into, offered or issued by a health insurance carrier to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for or reimburse any of the costs of health care services; and
(2) "health insurance carrier" means an entity subject to the insurance laws and regulations of this state, including a health insurance company, a health maintenance organization, a hospital and health services corporation, a provider service network, a nonprofit health care plan or any other entity that contracts or offers to contract, or enters into agreements to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for or reimburse any costs of health care services, or that provides, offers or administers health benefits plans or managed health care plans in this state.

NMS § 59A-16-21.2

Added by 2019, c. 235,s. 7, eff. 1/1/2020.