1. A. The superintendent shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish minimum standards for benefits provided by short-term plans and excepted benefits plans that are subject to the Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit Act.

2. B. Rules of the superintendent shall require short-term plans to cover state-mandated benefits in addition to each of the following categories of benefits:

   1. (1) diagnostic;
   2. (2) rehabilitative;
   3. (3) maternity;
   4. (4) neonatal;
   5. (5) behavioral health services;
   6. (6) emergency services;
   7. (7) hospitalization;
   8. (8) ambulatory services; and
   9. (9) prescription drugs.

History: Laws 2019, ch. 235, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 235 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.