2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 46 - Health Maintenance Organizations
Section 59A-46-37 - Coverage for adopted children.
A. No individual or group health maintenance organization contract shall be offered, issued or renewed in New Mexico on or after July 1, 1988, unless the contract covers adopted children of the subscriber or enrollee on the same basis as other dependents.
B. The coverage required by this section is effective from the date of placement for the purpose of adoption and continues unless the placement is disrupted prior to legal adoption and the child is removed from placement. Coverage shall include the necessary care and treatment of medical conditions existing prior to the date of placement.
C. As used in this section, "placement" means in the physical custody of the adoptive parent.
History: 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-33, enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 89, § 2; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-37 by Laws 1993, ch. 266, § 31.
