A. The superintendent shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish minimum standards for benefits provided by short-term plans and excepted benefits plans that are subject to the Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit Act.
B. Rules of the superintendent shall require short-term plans to cover state-mandated benefits in addition to each of the following categories of benefits:
(1) diagnostic;
(2) rehabilitative;
(3) maternity;
(4) neonatal;
(5) behavioral health services;
(6) emergency services;
(7) hospitalization;
(8) ambulatory services; and
(9) prescription drugs.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 235, § 4.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 235 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 23G - Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit
Section 59A-23G-1 - Short title.
Section 59A-23G-2 - Definitions.
Section 59A-23G-3 - Short-term plans; excepted benefits; standards for policy provisions.
Section 59A-23G-4 - Benefits; minimum standards.
Section 59A-23G-5 - Rates; medical loss ratios.
Section 59A-23G-6 - Prohibition; association, trust or multiple employer welfare arrangement plans.
Section 59A-23G-7 - Exclusion prohibition not applicable to excepted benefit plans or policies.