A group health plan shall reimburse a participating provider that is a certified pharmacist clinician or pharmacist certified to provide a prescriptive authority service who provides a service at the standard contracted rate that the group health plan reimburses, for the same service under that group health plan, any licensed physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 6 NMSA 1978] or any advanced practice certified nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 3 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 2020, ch. 58, § 1; 2021, ch. 54, § 2.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, after "Medical Practice Act", deleted "or the Osteopathic Medicine Act".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 13 - Public Purchases and Property
Article 7 - Health Care Purchasing
Section 13-7-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 13-7-4 - Mandatory consolidated purchasing.
Section 13-7-5 - Consolidated purchasing for other persons.
Section 13-7-6 - Use of social security numbers.
Section 13-7-7 - Consolidated administrative functions; benefit.
Section 13-7-8 - Maximum age of dependent.
Section 13-7-9 - General anesthesia and hospitalization for dental surgery.
Section 13-7-10 - Hearing aid coverage for children required.
Section 13-7-11 - Required coverage of patient costs incurred in cancer clinical trials.
Section 13-7-12 - Coverage for orally administered anticancer medications; limits on patient costs.
Section 13-7-13 - Coverage of prescription eye drop refills.
Section 13-7-14 - Coverage for telemedicine services.
Section 13-7-15 - Prescription drugs; prohibited formulary changes; notice requirements.
Section 13-7-17 - Pharmacy benefits; prescription synchronization.
Section 13-7-19 - Prior authorization for gynecological or obstetrical ultrasounds prohibited.
Section 13-7-20 - Prior Authorization Act.
Section 13-7-21 - Physical rehabilitation services; limits on cost sharing.
Section 13-7-22 - Coverage for contraception.
Section 13-7-23 - Pharmacist prescriptive authority services; reimbursement parity.
Section 13-7-24 - Heart artery calcium scan coverage.