0001| HOUSE BILL 467 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE NMSA | 0013| 1978 TO PROHIBIT HEALTH INSURERS FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST | 0014| PERSONS WITH SEVERE PERSISTENT BIOLOGICALLY BASED MENTAL | 0015| ILLNESS. | 0016| | 0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0018| Section 1. A new section of Chapter 59A, Article 16 NMSA | 0019| 1978 is enacted to read: | 0020| "[NEW MATERIAL] DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH | 0021| SEVERE PERSISTENT BIOLOGICALLY BASED MENTAL ILLNESS.--No | 0022| insurer, including health maintenance organizations, nonprofit | 0023| health care plans and fraternal benefit societies, shall on the | 0024| basis of a person's severe persistent biologically based mental | 0025| illness refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure, limit | 0001| the amount, extent or kind of coverage available to a person or | 0002| treat any person with a severe persistent biologically based | 0003| mental illness differently than a person with any other illness | 0004| with respect to the terms, conditions, rates, benefits or | 0005| requirements of an insurance contract. For purposes of this | 0006| section, "severe persistent biologically based mental illness" | 0007| means schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, pervasive developmental | 0008| disorder or autism, paranoia, panic disorder, obsessive- | 0009| compulsive disorder or any major depressive disorder." | 0010| - 2 - State of New Mexico | 0011| House of Representatives | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| February 25, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Mr. Speaker: | 0021| | 0022| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0023| has been referred | 0024| | 0025| HOUSE BILL 467 | 0001| | 0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0003| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0004| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0005| | 0006| Respectfully submitted, | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted Not Adopted | 0016| | 0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0018| | 0019| Date | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 8 For 2 Against | 0022| Yes: 8 | 0023| No: Alwin, Lutz | 0024| Excused: Gubbels, Olguin | 0025| Absent: Getty | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0467 State of New Mexico | 0004| House of Representatives | 0005| | 0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| March 10, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Mr. Speaker: | 0014| | 0015| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0016| | 0017| HOUSE BILL 467 | 0018| | 0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0021| | 0022| 1. On page 2, lines 7 through 8, strike "pervasive | 0023| developmental disorder or autism" and insert in lieu thereof | 0024| "clinical depression". | 0025| | 0001| 2. On page 2, line 8, strike the comma after "disorder" and | 0002| insert in lieu thereof "or". | 0003| | 0004| 3. On page 2, line 9, strike "or any major depressive | 0005| disorder". | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Adopted Not Adopted | 0017| | 0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0019| | 0020| Date | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 4 Against | 0023| Yes: 5 | 0024| No: Carpenter, Foy, M.P. Garcia, King | 0025| Excused: Mallory, Pederson, Rios, Sanchez | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| .117833.1 | 0005| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0467 | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| March 17, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| Mr. President: | 0014| | 0015| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0016| whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| HOUSE BILL 467, as amended | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0021| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0022| | 0023| Respectfully submitted, | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| __________________________________ | 0004| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0009| Adopted_______________________ | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Date ________________________ | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against | 0018| Yes: 4 | 0019| No: Kidd, Leavell, Wilson | 0020| Excused: Fidel, Robinson, Maes | 0021| Absent: None | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| H0467CT1 |