§ 59A-23E-18 NMSA 1978

Requirement for mental health benefits in an individual or group health plan, or group health insurance offered in connection with the plan, for a plan year of an employer

Known as the Health Insurance Portability Act

The act spans §§ 59–59 (20 sections).

1978 Comp., § 59A-23E-18, enacted by Laws 2000, ch. 6, § 1; 2019, ch. 259, § 16; 2023, ch. 114, § 24.

A. A group health plan or group or individual health insurance shall not impose treatment limitations or financial restrictions, limitations or requirements on the provision of mental health benefits that are more restrictive than the predominant restrictions, limitations or requirements that are imposed on coverage of benefits for other conditions.

B. As used in this section, "mental health benefits" means mental health benefits as described in the group health plan or group health insurance offered in connection with the plan.

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.