2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 57A - Surprise Billing Protection
Section 59A-57A-7 - Nonparticipating providers; rebates and inducements; prohibition.
A nonparticipating provider shall not, either directly or indirectly, knowingly waive, rebate, give, pay or offer to waive, rebate, give or pay all or part of a cost-sharing amount owed by a covered person pursuant to the terms of the covered person's health benefits plan as an inducement for the covered person to seek a health care service from that nonparticipating provider. The superintendent may impose fines on providers for unlawful rebates and inducements; provided that a provider on which the superintendent intends to impose a fine shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 59A-4-15 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 227, § 7.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 227, § 16 made Laws 2019, ch. 227 effective January 1, 2020.
