SENATE BILL 314

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Steven P. Neville

AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE; PROVIDING A MINIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS PROVIDING SERVICES TO PERSONS ENROLLED IN THE STATE COVERAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR STATE COVERAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM.--The human services department shall establish a rate for the reimbursement of physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and psychologists for services rendered to enrollees in the state coverage insurance program or its successor program that is not less than one hundred twenty percent of the medicare fee schedule.

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