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.
§ 59A-16B-2 NMSA 1978
Purpose of act
Known as the Domestic Abuse Insurance Protection Act
The act spans §§ 59–59 (10 sections).
Laws 1997, ch. 141, § 2.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.