New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 57 - Patient Protection

Section 59A-57-1 - Short title. - Chapter 59A, Article 57 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 59A-57-2 - Purpose of act. - The purpose of the Patient Protection Act is to regulate...

Section 59A-57-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Patient Protection Act: A. "continuous quality...

Section 59A-57-4 - Patient rights; disclosures; rights to basic and comprehensive health care services; grievance procedure; utilization review program; continuous quality program. - A. Each covered person enrolled in a managed health care...

Section 59A-57-4.1 - External grievance appeals; appointment; compensation. - A. The superintendent may appoint one or more qualified individuals...

Section 59A-57-5 - Consumer assistance; consumer advisory boards; ombudsman office; reports to consumers; superintendent's orders to protect consumers. - A. Each managed health care plan shall establish and adequately...

Section 59A-57-6 - Fairness to health care providers; gag rules prohibited; grievance procedure for providers. - A. No managed health care plan may: (1) adopt a...

Section 59A-57-7 - Point-of-service option plan. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department...

Section 59A-57-8 - Administrative costs and benefit costs disclosures. - The department shall adopt regulations to ensure that both the...

Section 59A-57-9 - Private remedies to enforce patient and provider insurance rights; enrollee as third-party beneficiary to enforce rights. - A. A person who suffers a loss as a result...

Section 59A-57-10 - Application of act to medicaid program. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions...

Section 59A-57-11 - Penalty. - In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a...