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§ 59A-47-54 NMSA 1978

Chiropractic physician services; limits on cost sharing and coinsurance

Known as the Nonprofit Health Care Plan Law

The act spans §§ 59–59 (84 sections).

Laws 2023, ch. 51, § 5.

A. An individual or group health care plan that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state that offers coverage of the services of a chiropractic physician shall not impose a copayment or coinsurance on those chiropractic physician services that exceeds the copayment or coinsurance imposed for primary care services.

B. As used in this section, "primary care services" means the first level of basic or general health care for a person's health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services, initiation of referrals for other health care services and maintenance of the continuity of care when appropriate.

C. The provisions of this section do not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited or specified-disease policies.

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.