The purpose of the Domestic Abuse Insurance Protection Act is to prohibit insurers from unlawfully discriminating on the basis of domestic abuse by using the fact of domestic abuse or the insurer's determination of a person's abuse status as an insurance criterion or rating factor. The Domestic Abuse Insurance Protection Act protects victims of domestic abuse, domestic abuse shelters and others from being unlawfully discriminated against in insurance matters.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 141, ยง 2.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 16B - Domestic Abuse Insurance Protection
Section 59A-16B-1 - Short title.
Section 59A-16B-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 59A-16B-3 - Definitions.
Section 59A-16B-4 - Unfair discrimination on the basis of a person's abuse status prohibited.
Section 59A-16B-5 - Justification of adverse insurance underwriting decisions.
Section 59A-16B-7 - Rules and regulations.
Section 59A-16B-9 - Applicability.
Section 59A-16B-10 - Civil administrative penalty; superintendent's orders.