0001| HOUSE BILL 330 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| EDDIE CORLEY | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION; AMENDING THE GROUP SELF- | 0012| INSURANCE ACT TO PERMIT ALTERNATIVE PREMIUM PAYMENT PLANS; | 0013| DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 52-6-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, | 0017| Chapter 22, Section 93, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "52-6-l9. PREMIUM PAYMENT--RESERVES.-- | 0019| A. Each group shall establish to the satisfaction | 0020| of the director a premium payment plan that shall include: | 0021| (1) an initial payment by each member of at | 0022| least twenty-five percent of that member's annual premium | 0023| before the start of the group's fund year; and | 0024| (2) payment of the balance of each member's | 0025| annual premium in monthly or quarterly installments during that | 0001| fund year. | 0002| B. Upon approval by the director, a group may | 0003| establish an alternative premium payment plan that shall | 0004| include: | 0005| (1) provision by each member of premium | 0006| security by surety bond in an amount equal to at least twenty- | 0007| five percent of the member's annual premium; provided that the | 0008| surety bond shall be in a form acceptable to the group, shall | 0009| be issued by a corporate surety company authorized to transact | 0010| business in this state and shall be effective before the start | 0011| of the group's fund year; and | 0012| (2) payment by each member of the member's | 0013| annual premium in monthly or quarterly installments during the | 0014| group's fund year. | 0015| [B.] C. Each group shall establish and maintain | 0016| actuarially appropriate loss reserves that shall include | 0017| reserves for: | 0018| (1) known claims and associated expenses; and | 0019| (2) claims incurred but not reported and | 0020| associated expenses. | 0021| [C.] D. Each group shall establish and maintain | 0022| bad debt reserves based on the historical experience of the | 0023| group or other groups." | 0024| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0025| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. State of New Mexico | 0001| House of Representatives | 0002| | 0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| February 12, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Mr. Speaker: | 0011| | 0012| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0013| | 0014| HOUSE BILL 330 | 0015| | 0016| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0017| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0018| | 0019| Respectfully submitted, | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Adopted Not Adopted | 0004| | 0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0006| | 0007| Date | 0008| | 0009| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0010| Yes: 10 | 0011| Excused: M.P. Garcia, Rios, Sanchez | 0012| Absent: None | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0330 | 0016| | 0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| March 19, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| Mr. President: | 0024| | 0025| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0001| whom has been referred | 0002| | 0003| HOUSE BILL 330 | 0004| | 0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0006| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0007| | 0008| Respectfully submitted, | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| __________________________________ | 0014| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0019| Adopted_______________________ | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Date ________________________ | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0003| Yes: 10 | 0004| No: 0 | 0005| Excused: None | 0006| Absent: None | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| H0330CT1 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| March 17, 1997 | 0017| | 0018| Mr. President: | 0019| | 0020| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0021| referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 330 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0002| CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| __________________________________ | 0010| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0015| Adopted_______________________ | 0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Date ________________________ | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0023| Yes: 5 | 0024| No: 0 | 0025| Excused: Adair, Boitano, Ingle, Rodarte | 0001| Absent: 0 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| H0330PA1 | 0005| |