0001| HOUSE BILL 467
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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| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0009| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE NMSA
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0013| 1978 TO PROHIBIT HEALTH INSURERS FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST
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0014| PERSONS WITH SEVERE PERSISTENT BIOLOGICALLY BASED MENTAL
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0015| ILLNESS.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. A new section of Chapter 59A, Article 16 NMSA
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0019| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0020| "[NEW MATERIAL] DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH
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0021| SEVERE PERSISTENT BIOLOGICALLY BASED MENTAL ILLNESS.--No
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0022| insurer, including health maintenance organizations, nonprofit
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0023| health care plans and fraternal benefit societies, shall on the
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0024| basis of a person's severe persistent biologically based mental
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0025| illness refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure, limit
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0001| the amount, extent or kind of coverage available to a person or
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0002| treat any person with a severe persistent biologically based
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0003| mental illness differently than a person with any other illness
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0004| with respect to the terms, conditions, rates, benefits or
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0005| requirements of an insurance contract. For purposes of this
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0006| section, "severe persistent biologically based mental illness"
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0007| means schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, pervasive developmental
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0008| disorder or autism, paranoia, panic disorder, obsessive-
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0009| compulsive disorder or any major depressive disorder."
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0010| - 2 - State of New Mexico
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0011| House of Representatives
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0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017| February 25, 1997
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0020| Mr. Speaker:
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0022| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0023| has been referred
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0024|
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0025| HOUSE BILL 467
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0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0004| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0005|
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011|
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0012| Fred Luna, Chairman
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0014|
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0015| Adopted Not Adopted
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| Date
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0021| The roll call vote was 8 For 2 Against
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0022| Yes: 8
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0023| No: Alwin, Lutz
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0024| Excused: Gubbels, Olguin
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0025| Absent: Getty
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0003| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0467 State of New Mexico
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0004| House of Representatives
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0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0010| March 10, 1997
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0013| Mr. Speaker:
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0015| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017| HOUSE BILL 467
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0018|
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022| 1. On page 2, lines 7 through 8, strike "pervasive
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0023| developmental disorder or autism" and insert in lieu thereof
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0024| "clinical depression".
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0001| 2. On page 2, line 8, strike the comma after "disorder" and
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0002| insert in lieu thereof "or".
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0004| 3. On page 2, line 9, strike "or any major depressive
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0005| disorder".
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0007| Respectfully submitted,
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0013| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0016| Adopted Not Adopted
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0020| Date
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0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 4 Against
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0023| Yes: 5
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0024| No: Carpenter, Foy, M.P. Garcia, King
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0025| Excused: Mallory, Pederson, Rios, Sanchez
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0001| Absent: None
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 17, 1997
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0013| Mr. President:
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0015| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0016| whom has been referred
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0018| HOUSE BILL 467, as amended
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0019|
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0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0003| __________________________________
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0004| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0008| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0009| Adopted_______________________
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date ________________________
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0017| The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against
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0018| Yes: 4
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0019| No: Kidd, Leavell, Wilson
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0020| Excused: Fidel, Robinson, Maes
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0021| Absent: None
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