All individual and group health maintenance organization contracts delivered or issued for delivery in this state which provide maternity coverage shall also provide, where necessary to protect the life of the infant or mother, coverage for transportation, including air transport, for the medically high-risk pregnant woman with an impending delivery of a potentially viable infant to the nearest available tertiary care facility as defined in Section 874 [ 59A-46-38 NMSA 1978] of this article for newly born infants.
§ 59A-46-39 NMSA 1978
Maternity transport required
Known as the Health Maintenance Organization Law
The act spans §§ 59–59 (92 sections).
Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 875; 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-28, recompiled as § 59A-46-39 by Laws 1993, ch. 266, § 31.
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.