2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 16B - Domestic Abuse Insurance Protection
Section 59A-16B-2 - Purpose of act.
59A-16B-2. Purpose of act.
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.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 141, 2.
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