Section 13-7-13 – Coverage of prescription eye drop refills.
A. Group health coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall not deny coverage for a renewal of prescription eye drops when: (1) the renewal is requested by the insured at least twenty-three days for a thirty-day supply of […]
Section 13-7-14 – Coverage for telemedicine services.
A. Group health coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act shall provide coverage for services provided via telemedicine to the same extent that the group health plan covers the same services when those services are provided via in-person consultation or contact. A group health plan shall […]
Section 13-7-1 – Short title.
Chapter 13, Article 7 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Health Care Purchasing Act”. History: Laws 1997, ch. 74, § 1; 2003, ch. 391, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The Health Care Purchasing Act was enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 74, §§ 1 to 4 and codified as 13-7-1 to 13-7-4 NMSA 1978. […]
Section 13-7-2 – Purpose of act.
The purpose of the Health Care Purchasing Act is to ensure public employees, public school employees and retirees of public employment and the public schools access to more affordable and enhanced quality of health insurance through cost containment and savings effected by procedures for consolidating the purchasing of publicly financed health insurance. History: Laws 1997, […]
Section 13-7-3 – Definitions.
As used in the Health Care Purchasing Act: A. “consolidated purchasing” means a single process for the procurement of all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation […]
Section 13-7-4 – Mandatory consolidated purchasing.
A. The agencies shall enter into a cooperative consolidated purchasing effort to provide plans of health care benefits for the benefit of eligible participants of the respective agencies. The request for proposal shall set forth one or more plans of health care benefits and shall include accommodation of fully funded arrangements as well as varying […]