FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2023

January 23, 2023

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 27

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

    1. On page 2, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited-benefit or specified-disease policies.".

 

     2. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

 

     3. On page 3, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited-benefit or specified-disease policies.".

 

     4. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

 

     5. On page 5, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited-benefit or specified-disease policies.".

 

     6. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

 

     7. On page 7, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited-benefit or specified-disease policies.".

 

     8. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

 

     9. On page 9, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following new subsection:

 

          "D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited-benefit or specified-disease policies.".

 

     10. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

 

     11. On page 10, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following new sections:

 

     "SECTION 10. Section 59A-22-39 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990, Chapter 5, Section 2) is amended to read:

 

     "59A-22-39. COVERAGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS.--

 

          A. Each individual and group health insurance policy, health care plan and certificate of health insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this state shall provide coverage for low-dose screening mammograms for determining the presence of breast cancer. Such coverage shall make available one baseline mammogram to persons age thirty-five through thirty-nine, one mammogram biennially to persons age forty through forty-nine and one mammogram annually to persons age fifty and over. After July 1, 1992, coverage shall be available only for screening mammograms obtained on equipment designed specifically to perform low-dose mammography in imaging facilities that have met American college of radiology accreditation standards for mammography.

 

          [B. Coverage for mammograms may be subject to deductibles and coinsurance consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same policy, plan or certificate.

 

          C.] B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited or specified disease policies."

 

     SECTION 11. Section 59A-46-41 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990, Chapter 5, Section 1) is amended to read:

 

     "59A-46-41. COVERAGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS.--[A.] Each individual and group health maintenance organization contract delivered or

 

issued for delivery in this state shall provide coverage for low-dose screening mammograms for determining the presence of breast cancer. Such coverage shall make available one baseline mammogram to persons age thirty-five through thirty-nine, one mammogram biennially to persons age forty through forty-nine and one mammogram annually to persons age fifty and over. After July 1, 1992, coverage shall be available only for screening mammograms obtained on equipment designed specifically to perform low-dose mammography in imaging facilities that have met American college of radiology accreditation standards for mammography.

 

          [B. Coverage for mammograms may be subject to deductibles and coinsurance consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same contract.]"".

 

     12. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.,

 

 

and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.                         

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

Elizabeth Thomson, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against

Yes:      10

No:       0

Excused:  None

Absent:   None

 

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