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.164084.2
HOUSE MEMORIAL 10
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Mimi Stewart
A MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THAT THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION, IN
COOPERATION WITH THE INSURANCE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC
REGULATION COMMISSION, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE BENEFITS OF
CONTRACEPTION USE, FURTHER THE USE OF THE NEW MEXICO
CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE WEB SITE AND DISSEMINATE INSURANCE
COVERAGE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPLIANCE OF THE INSURANCE
INDUSTRY REGARDING COVERAGE OF PRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTIVES.
WHEREAS, Sections 59A-22-42 and 59A-46-44 NMSA 1978
require health insurance providers that offer a prescription
drug benefit to also offer coverage for prescription
contraceptives; and
WHEREAS, the requirement to offer coverage for
prescription contraceptives took effect on June 15, 2001; and
WHEREAS, in 2001 and 2006, the legislature requested that