2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Compensation and Working Conditions Generally
Section 10-7-4.1 - Children, youth and families department; group life insurance.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 and in addition to all other benefits provided juvenile correctional officers and correctional officer specialists, the children, youth and families department shall provide life insurance coverage in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each juvenile correctional officer and correctional officer specialist, to be paid to his designated beneficiary. The coverage shall include double indemnity provisions for death incurred in the line of duty. The coverage shall be provided by a group term insurance policy, the premium for which shall be paid out of state funds appropriated to the children, youth and families department.
History: Laws 1990, ch. 29, § 1; 1992, ch. 57, § 18.
Cross references. — For the children, youth and families department, see 9-2A-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
For group life insurance for the corrections department, see 33-1-12 NMSA 1978.
The 1992 amendment, effective July 1, 1992, substituted "children, youth and families department" for "youth authority" in the section catchline and throughout the section; and inserted "and correctional officer specialists" in the first sentence.

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