SENATE BILL 413

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

John Arthur Smith







AN ACT

RELATING TO INSURANCE; REQUIRING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE OF UNMARRIED DEPENDENTS UNTIL THEIR TWENTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Health Care Purchasing Act is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] Any health care coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act on or after July 1, 2001 that offers coverage of an insured's dependent shall not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent by reason of the dependent's age before the dependent's twenty-sixth birthday."

Section 2. A new section of Chapter 59A, Article 22 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] Any policy of individual health insurance delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in New Mexico on or after July 1, 2001 that provides coverage for an insured's dependent shall not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent by reason of the dependent's age before the dependent's twenty-sixth birthday."

Section 3. A new section of Chapter 59A, Article 23 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] Each blanket or group health policy or certificate of insurance delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in New Mexico on or after July 1, 2001 that provides coverage for an insured's dependent shall not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent by reason of the dependent's age before the dependent's twenty-sixth birthday."

Section 3. A new section of Chapter 59A, Article 46 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] Each individual and group health maintenance organization contract delivered or issued for delivery in New Mexico on or after July 1, 2001 that provides coverage for an enrollee's dependents shall not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent by reason of the dependent's age before the dependent's twenty-sixth birthday."

Section 5. A new section of Chapter 59A, Article 47 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] Any individual or group subscriber contracts offered, issued or renewed in New Mexico on or after July 1, 2001 that provides coverage of a subscriber's dependents shall not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent by reason of the dependent's age before the dependent's twenty-sixth birthday."

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