0001| SENATE BILL 189
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS
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0008| FOR THE HEALTH CARE REFORM COMMITTEE
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; ENACTING THE PROVIDER
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0012| SERVICE NETWORK ACT; CLARIFYING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A
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0013| CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY UNDER THE NEW MEXICO INSURANCE CODE.
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0014|
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--Sections 1
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0017| through 3 of this act may be cited as the "Provider Service
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0018| Network Act".
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0019| Section 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
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0020| Provider Service Network Act:
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0021| A. "health care facility" means an institution
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0022| providing health care services, including a hospital or other
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0023| licensed inpatient center, an ambulatory surgical or treatment
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0024| center, a skilled nursing center, a residential treatment
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0025| center, a home health agency, a diagnostic, laboratory or
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0001| imaging center and a rehabilitation or other therapeutic health
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0002| setting;
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0003| B. "health care insurer" means a person that has a
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0004| valid certificate of authority in good standing under the New
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0005| Mexico Insurance Code to act as an insurer, health maintenance
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0006| organization, nonprofit health care plan or prepaid dental
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0007| plan; C. "health care professional" means a physician
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0008| or other health care practitioner, including a pharmacist, who
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0009| is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the state to
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0010| provide health care services consistent with state law;
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0011| D. "health care services" includes physical health
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0012| services or community-based mental health or developmental
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0013| disability services, including services for developmental
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0014| delay;
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0015| E. "person" means an individual or other legal
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0016| entity; F. "provider" means a person that is licensed or
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0017| otherwise authorized by the state to furnish health care
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0018| services, including health care professionals and health care
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0019| facilities; and
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0020| G. "provider service network" means two or more
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0021| providers affiliated for the purpose of providing health care
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0022| services on a capitated or similar prepaid, flat-fee basis.
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0023| Section 3. [NEW MATERIAL] PROVIDER SERVICE NETWORKS--
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0024| INSURANCE CODE APPLICABILITY.--
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0025| A. Except as provided otherwise in this section, a
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0001| provider service network shall obtain and maintain a
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0002| certificate of authority under the New Mexico Insurance Code.
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0003| B. A provider service network is not required to
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0004| obtain or maintain a certificate of authority in connection
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0005| with health care coverage for which the risk of loss is
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0006| directly and fully underwritten by a health care insurer,
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0007| subject to any applicable deductible, coinsurance or copayment
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0008| provisions.
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0009| C. A provider service network that obtains and
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0010| maintains a certificate of authority as a health care insurer
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0011| may contract directly with government agencies to provide goods
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0012| and services to persons receiving public assistance, including
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0013| medicare and medicaid.
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0014| D. A provider service network that does not obtain or
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0015| maintain a certificate of authority as a health care insurer
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0016| may contract in appropriate circumstances directly with
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0017| government agencies to provide goods and services to persons
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0018| receiving public assistance, including medicare and medicaid.
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0019| The contract shall incorporate and be subject to specific
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0020| financial, quality-of-service and consumer-protection standards
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0021| that the contracting agency shall specify by regulation.
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0022| E. This section does not abrogate any other New
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0023| Mexico Insurance Code requirements that may be applicable to
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0024| provider service networks, including requirements relating to
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0025| third-party administrators and examinations. This section does
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0001| not bar or restrict the right of a provider service network to
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0002| obtain and maintain a certificate of authority.
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0003| Section 4. A new Section 59A-5-11.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0004| to read:
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0005| "59A-5-11.1. [NEW MATERIAL] EXEMPTION FROM AUTHORITY
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0006| REQUIREMENT--PROVIDER SERVICE NETWORKS.--A certificate of
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0007| authority shall not be required of a provider service network,
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0008| except as provided in the Provider Service Network Act."
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0009|
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0010|
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0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0015| February 28, 1997
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0016|
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0017| Mr. President:
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0018|
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0019| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0020| referred
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0021|
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0022| SENATE BILL 189
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0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that
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0002| SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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0003| FOR SENATE BILL 189
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0005| DO PASS, and thence referred to the CORPORATIONS &
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0006| TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
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0007|
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0008| Respectfully submitted,
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0011|
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0012| __________________________________
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0013| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0016| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| Date ________________________
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0021|
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0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0023| Yes: 5
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0024| No: 0
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0025| Excused: Adair, Ingle, Vernon, Smith
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0001| Absent: None
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0003| S0189PA1 SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0004| SENATE BILL 189
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0005| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0006|
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0007|
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0008|
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0009|
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0010|
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0011|
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0012|
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0013| AN ACT
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0014| RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; ENACTING THE PROVIDER
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0015| SERVICE NETWORK ACT; CLARIFYING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A
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0016| CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY UNDER THE NEW MEXICO INSURANCE CODE;
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0017| PROVIDING FOR A GUARANTY ASSOCIATION.
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0018|
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0019| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0020| Section 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--Sections 1
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0021| through 10 of this act may be cited as the "Provider Service
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0022| Network Act".
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0023| Section 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
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0024| Provider Service Network Act:
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0025| A. "association" means the provider service network
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0001| guaranty association;
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0002| B. "board" means the provider service network
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0003| guaranty board;.
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0004| C. "health care facility" means an institution
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0005| providing health care services, including a hospital or other
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0006| licensed inpatient center, an ambulatory surgical or treatment
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0007| center, a skilled nursing center, a residential treatment
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0008| center, a home health agency, a diagnostic, laboratory or
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0009| imaging center and a rehabilitation or other therapeutic health
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0010| setting;
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0011| D. "health care insurer" means a person that has a
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0012| valid certificate of authority in good standing under the New
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0013| Mexico Insurance Code to act as an insurer, health maintenance
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0014| organization, nonprofit health care plan or prepaid dental
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0015| plan; E. "health care professional" means a physician
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0016| or other health care practitioner, including a pharmacist, who
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0017| is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the state to
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0018| provide health care services consistent with state law;
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0019| F. "health care services" includes physical health
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0020| services or community-based mental health or developmental
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0021| disability services, including services for developmental
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0022| delay;
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0023| G. "person" means an individual or other legal
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0024| entity; H. "provider" means a person that is licensed or
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0025| otherwise authorized by the state to furnish health care
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0001| services, including health care professionals and health care
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0002| facilities; and
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0003| I. "provider service network" means two or more
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0004| providers affiliated for the purpose of providing health care
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0005| services on a capitated or similar prepaid, flat-fee basis.
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0006| Section 3. [NEW MATERIAL] PROVIDER SERVICE NETWORKS--
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0007| INSURANCE CODE APPLICABILITY.--
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0008| A. Except as provided otherwise in this section, a
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0009| provider service network shall obtain and maintain a certificate
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0010| of authority under the New Mexico Insurance Code.
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0011| B. A provider service network is not required to obtain
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0012| or maintain a certificate of authority in connection with health
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0013| care coverage for which the risk of loss is directly and fully
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0014| underwritten by a health care insurer, subject to any applicable
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0015| deductible, coinsurance or copayment provisions.
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0016| C. A provider service network that obtains and maintains
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0017| a certificate of authority as a health care insurer may contract
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0018| directly with government agencies to provide goods and services to
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0019| persons receiving public assistance, including medicare and
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0020| medicaid.
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0021| D. A provider service network that does not obtain or
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0022| maintain a certificate of authority as a health care insurer may
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0023| contract in appropriate circumstances, including membership and
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0024| participation in the association, directly with government
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0025| agencies to provide goods and services to persons receiving public
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0001| assistance, including medicare and medicaid. The contract shall
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0002| incorporate and be subject to specific financial, quality-of-
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0003| service and consumer-protection standards that the contracting
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0004| agency shall specify by regulation.
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0005| E. This section does not abrogate any other New Mexico
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0006| Insurance Code requirements that may be applicable to provider
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0007| service networks, including requirements relating to third-party
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0008| administrators and examinations. This section does not bar or
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0009| restrict the right of a provider service network to obtain and
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0010| maintain a certificate of authority.
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0011| Section 4. [NEW MATERIAL] GUARANTY ASSOCIATION AND BOARD-
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0012| -CREATED--MEMBERSHIP.--
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0013| A. The "provider service network guaranty association"
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0014| is created as an independent public nonprofit corporation. The
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0015| association's purpose is to guarantee health care services
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0016| obligations of its members in the event of financial insolvency,
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0017| bankruptcy or other inability or failure to perform based on
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0018| financial difficulties. All provider service networks contracting
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0019| to provide services to public assistance recipients pursuant to
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0020| Subsection D of Section 3 of the Provider Service Network Act
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0021| shall organize and be members of the association. The association
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0022| is not and shall not be deemed a governmental agency or
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0023| instrumentality for any purpose.
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0024| B. The "provider service network guaranty board" is
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0025| created. The board shall consist of the superintendent of
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0001| insurance or his designee, who shall be a nonvoting, ex-officio
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0002| member, and five voting members as follows:
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0003| (1) the secretary of human services or his
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0004| designee, who shall serve ex officio;
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0005| (2) two representatives of the provider service
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0006| network industry, who shall be appointed by majority vote of the
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0007| association's members; and
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0008| (3) two representatives of the health insurance
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0009| industry, who shall be appointed by majority vote of the
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0010| association's members.
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0011| C. The association shall operate subject to the board's
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0012| supervision and approval. The board is a state government entity
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0013| for purposes of the Tort Claims Act.
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0014| D. The secretary of human services shall notify the
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0015| superintendent of insurance and the association of each contract
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0016| signed pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3 of the Provider
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0017| Service Network Act.
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0018| E. The superintendent of insurance shall give notice at
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0019| least sixty days before the proposed effective date of the first
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0020| contract entered into pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3 of the
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0021| Provider Service Network Act, to each provider service network so
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0022| contracting, stating the time and place of the association's
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0023| initial organizational meeting.
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0024| F. At the organizational meeting and at all successive
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0025| meetings, each association member shall be entitled to one vote.
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0001| At the organizational meeting and any subsequent meeting at which
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0002| board members are to be appointed, the association members shall
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0003| elect the appointive board members by majority vote. At the
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0004| organizational meeting, the members shall instruct the board
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0005| concerning preparation of a proposed plan of operation for the
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0006| association.
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0007| G. Appointive board members shall have initial terms of
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0008| three years or less, staggered so that the term of at least one
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0009| such board member expires on June 30 of each year. Following the
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0010| initial terms, appointive board members shall have three-year
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0011| terms. When a vacancy occurs in the position of an appointive
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0012| board member, the remaining board members shall appoint a
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0013| successor who meets the required qualifications for that position
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0014| for the balance of the unexpired term. Board members may be
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0015| reimbursed by the association as provided in the Per Diem and
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0016| Mileage Act but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or
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0017| allowance.
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0018| Section 5. [NEW MATERIAL] PLAN OF OPERATION.--
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0019| A. The board shall submit to the superintendent of
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0020| insurance for approval a plan of operation and any subsequent
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0021| amendments necessary or suitable to assure proper and fair
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0022| operation of the association.
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0023| B. After notice and hearing, the superintendent of
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0024| insurance shall approve or disapprove the plan of operation or any
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0025| subsequent amendments. The superintendent shall approve the plan
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0001| or an amendment only if he finds that it provides for
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0002| administering the association on a fair, reasonable and equitable
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0003| basis and for sharing the association's losses on an equitable
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0004| basis. The plan of operation or amendment shall become effective
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0005| upon the superintendent's written approval.
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0006| C. If the board fails to submit a plan of operation
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0007| satisfactory to the superintendent of insurance within ninety days
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0008| after the initial board is appointed or fails in a timely manner
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0009| to submit any amendment the superintendent deems necessary at any
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0010| time thereafter, the superintendent shall adopt and promulgate
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0011| such plan of operation or amendment by rule. Any such rule shall
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0012| continue in force until the superintendent modifies it or approves
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0013| a plan of operation or an amendment submitted by the board that he
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0014| deems to supersede the rule.
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0015| D. The plan of operation submitted to the superintendent
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0016| of insurance shall:
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0017| (1) establish procedures for handling and
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0018| accounting of the association's money, other assets and property;
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0019| (2) provide for payment of claims or provision of
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0020| alternative health care services to public assistance recipients;
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0021| (3) establish regular times and places for board
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0022| meetings;
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0023| (4) establish procedures for records to be kept of
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0024| all financial transactions and for annual fiscal reporting to the
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0025| superintendent;
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0001| (5) establish procedures for the determination and
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0002| collection of assessments from members to pay claims or to provide
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0003| alternative health care services and administrative expenses
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0004| incurred or estimated to be incurred during the period for which
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0005| the assessment is made;
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0006| (6) establish penalties for nonpayment or late
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0007| payment of assessments; and
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0008| (7) contain any additional provisions necessary and
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0009| proper for the execution of the association's powers and duties.
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0010| Section 6. [NEW MATERIAL] BOARD--POWERS AND DUTIES.--The
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0011| board has the power and authority to:
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0012| A. enter into contracts necessary or proper to carry out
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0013| the provisions and purposes of the Provider Service Network Act,
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0014| including contracts with independent contractors for the
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0015| performance of the association's administrative functions;
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0016| B. sue or be sued;
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0017| C. determine and pay the association's obligations,
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0018| including its obligation to pay claims or to provide alternative
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0019| health care services to public assistance recipients on behalf of
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0020| an insolvent or financially troubled provider service network;
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0021| D. borrow money to satisfy the association's
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0022| obligations;
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0023| E. assess association members in accordance with the
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0024| provisions of the Provider Service Network Act and make initial
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0025| and interim assessments as may be reasonable and necessary for
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0001| organizational or interim operating expenses. Interim expense
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0002| assessments shall be credited as offsets against any regular
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0003| assessments due following the close of the calendar year;
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0004| F. recoup expenditures on behalf of an insolvent or
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0005| financially troubled provider service network from that provider
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0006| service network or any other available source, including a
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0007| governmental agency, and be subrogated to that provider service
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0008| network's rights to payment to the extent of such expenditures;
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0009| G. employ or contract with appropriate legal, actuarial,
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0010| clerical and other personnel as necessary to provide assistance in
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0011| the operation of the association;
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0012| H. conduct periodic audits to assure the general
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0013| accuracy of the financial data submitted to the association. The
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0014| board shall cause the association to undergo an annual audit on a
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0015| calendar-year basis of its financial records and operations by an
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0016| independent certified public accountant; and
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0017| I. take all other actions, whether like or unlike the
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0018| foregoing, necessary or appropriate to carry out the board's or
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0019| the association's duties.
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0020| Section 7. [NEW MATERIAL] EXAMINATION.--
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0021| A. The association is subject to and responsible to pay
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0022| the cost of examination by the superintendent of insurance on a
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0023| periodic basis, pursuant to Chapter 59A, Article 4 NMSA 1978.
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0024| B. Not later than March 31 of each year, the board shall
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0025| submit to the superintendent an audited financial report for the
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0001| preceding calendar year in a form approved by the superintendent.
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0002| Section 8. [NEW MATERIAL] ASSESSMENTS.--
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0003| A. Following the end of each calendar year, the
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0004| association shall determine the association's unpaid expenses for
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0005| that year and estimated expenses for the following year, taking
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0006| into account existing unencumbered money and assets, investment
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0007| income and other appropriate gains and losses.
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0008| B. The secretary of human services shall report to the
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0009| board annually by March 31 the amounts paid each member for
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0010| services to public assistance recipients during the previous
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0011| calendar year.
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0012| C. The proportion of participation of each member shall
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0013| be determined annually by the board based on the secretary of
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0014| human services' report, together with members' annual statements
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0015| and other reports deemed necessary by the board.
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0016| D. The assessment for each member shall be determined by
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0017| multiplying the total unpaid and estimated expenses by a fraction,
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0018| the numerator of which equals the member's income from services to
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0019| public assistance recipients pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3
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0020| of the Provider Service Network Act for the preceding calendar
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0021| year and the denominator of which equals the total of all such
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0022| income for all members in the state. The total of all assessments
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0023| in any calendar year shall not exceed five percent of the total
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0024| income of all members during the preceding calendar year from
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0025| contracts pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3 of the Provider
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0001| Service Network Act.
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0002| E. The board shall notify each member of the amount of
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0003| each regular assessment by May 15 of each year. The member shall
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0004| pay the assessment by June 15 of each year. If interim
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0005| assessments are necessary, the board shall notify each member of
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0006| the amounts due, which shall be paid within thirty days after the
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0007| date the notice is mailed or otherwise delivered.
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0008| F. The board may abate or defer, in whole or in part,
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0009| the assessment of a member if, in the opinion of the board,
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0010| payment of the assessment would endanger the ability of the member
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0011| to fulfill its contractual obligations. In the event an
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0012| assessment against a member is abated or deferred in whole or in
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0013| part, the amount by which such assessment is abated or deferred
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0014| may be assessed against the other members in a manner consistent
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0015| with the basis for assessments set forth in Subsection A of this
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0016| section. The member receiving the abatement or deferment shall
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0017| remain liable to the association for the deficiency for four
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0018| years.
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0019| G. If assessments exceed actual expenses in any year,
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0020| the excess shall be held at interest and used by the board to
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0021| offset future expenses. Any deficit incurred shall be recouped by
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0022| assessments apportioned among the association's members pursuant
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0023| to the assessment formula provided by Subsection D of this
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0024| section.
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0025| H. If it appears that the maximum assessment available,
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0001| together with unencumbered money and other assets, will be
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0002| insufficient in any year to make all necessary payments, the
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0003| association's obligations shall be paid pro rata. The unpaid
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0004| portion shall be paid as soon as additional assessment proceeds or
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0005| other assets become available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
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0006| association may pay its obligations in any order it deems
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0007| reasonable.
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0008| Section 9. [NEW MATERIAL] INITIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
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0009| ASSESSMENT.--Following the superintendent of insurance's approval
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0010| or adoption by rule of a plan of operation, the board shall impose
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0011| an initial assessment of five thousand dollars ($5,000) on each
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0012| member for each independent affiliated health care provider. New
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0013| members shall also be subject to an initial assessment on the same
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0014| basis. Proceeds of the initial assessment shall not be considered
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0015| as income to offset expenses for purposes of determining future
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0016| assessments. Regular assessments to establish and to operate the
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0017| association shall first be made after the end of the first
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0018| calendar year of operation.
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0019| Section 10. [NEW MATERIAL] NOTIFICATION TO PAY CLAIMS OR
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0020| PROVIDE SERVICES.--
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0021| A. The association shall be liable to pay claims or to
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0022| provide alternative health care services for insolvent or
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0023| financially troubled members who are not fulfilling obligations to
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0024| provide such services to public assistance recipients under
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0025| contracts pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3 of the Provider
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0001| Service Network Act. The association's obligation shall commence
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0002| on the date the secretary of human services gives the association
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0003| notice that a member is failing, because of insolvency or
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0004| financial difficulties, to provide some or all of such services.
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0005| B. Nothing the Provider Service Network Act shall be
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0006| deemed to authorize or obligate the association to pay or
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0007| otherwise assume any obligation of a provider service network
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0008| prior to the date of notification, or any obligation thereafter
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0009| other than the obligation to provide services to public assistance
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0010| recipients under a contract pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3
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0011| of the Provider Service Network Act. In no event shall the
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0012| association be liable to the creditors of a provider service
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0013| network.
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0014| Section 11. A new Section 59A-5-11.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to
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0015| read:
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0016| "59A-5-11.1. [NEW MATERIAL] EXEMPTION FROM AUTHORITY
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0017| REQUIREMENT--PROVIDER SERVICE NETWORKS.--A certificate of
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0018| authority shall not be required of a provider service network,
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0019| except as provided in the Provider Service Network Act."
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0020|
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0021|
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0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0024|
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0025|
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0001| March 4, 1997
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0002|
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0003| Mr. President:
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0004|
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0005| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0006| whom has been referred
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0007|
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0008| SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0009| SENATE BILL 189
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0010|
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0012| that it DO PASS.
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0013|
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0016|
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0017|
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0018| __________________________________
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0019| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0021|
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0022|
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0023| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0003| Date ________________________
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0006| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0007| Yes: 7
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0008| No: 0
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0009| Excused: Fidel, McKibben, Robinson
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0010| Absent: None
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0012|
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0013| S0189CT1
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0014| State of New Mexico
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0015| House of Representatives
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0016|
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0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020|
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0021| March 17, 1997
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0022|
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0023|
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0024| Mr. Speaker:
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0025|
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0001| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom
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0002| has been referred
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0003|
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0004| SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0005| SENATE BILL 189
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0006|
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0009|
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0010| 1. On page 1, line 14, before the period insert "; MAKING AN
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0011| APPROPRIATION.".
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0012|
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0013| 2. On page 4, line 25, strike "who shall serve ex officio".
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0014|
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0015| 3. On page 9, line 10, strike "and".
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0016|
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0017| 4. On page 9, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following
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0018| new subsections to read:
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0019|
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0020| "J. reinsure any or all of the risk of the association;
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0021| and
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0022|
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0023| K. assess each original and new provider service network
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0024| an initial administrative fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000)
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0025| times the number of providers in the provider service network. If a
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0001| provider service network adds new members to increase the number of
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0002| providers, then that provider service network shall pay an
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0003| additional administrative fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for
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0004| each additional provider. An employee of a provider shall not be
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0005| used in computing the administrative fee due under this
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0008| 5. On page 9, line 21, after "ASSESSMENTS" insert "--FUND
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0009| CREATED".
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0011| 6. On page 9, strike lines 22 through 25, and on page 10,
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0012| strike line 1 and insert in lieu thereof:
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0014| "A. The "provider service network guarantee fund" is
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0015| created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by
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0016| the board and money in the fund is appropriated to the board to
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0017| carry out the provisions of the Provider Service Network Act. Money
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0018| in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as other state
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0019| funds are invested; provided that interest on the fund shall be
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0020| credited to the fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0021| remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not
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0022| revert.".
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0024| 7. On page 10, line 3, strike "annually by March 31" and
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0025| insert in lieu thereof "within thirty days of the close of each
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0003| 8. On page 10, lines 4 and 5, strike "the previous calendar
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0004| year" and insert in lieu thereof "that calendar quarter".
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0006| 9. On page 10, line 11, after "multiplying" strike the
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0007| remainder of the line and on line 12, strike "the numerator of which
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0008| equals".
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0010| 10. On page 10, line 14, strike "year" and strike lines 15
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0011| through 20 and insert in lieu thereof "quarter by a percentage set
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0012| by the board not to exceed five percent.".
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0014| 11. On page 10, strike lines 21 through 25, and on page 11,
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0017| "E. The board shall notify each member of the amount of
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0018| the assessment within forty-five days of the close of a calendar
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0019| quarter. The member shall pay the assessment within sixty days of
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0020| the close of a calendar quarter.".
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0022| 12. On page 11, strike line 25 and on page 12, strike lines 1
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| Date
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0018| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0020| Excused: Johnson, Rios, Vigil
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0021| Absent: None
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