New
Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue 22 / November 26, 2019
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Superintendent of Insurance
(Superintendent), upon the Superintendent’s own motion, proceeding pursuant to
the Insurance Code, Section 59A-l -1 et seq. NMSA 1978 (“Insurance Code”) and 13.1.4 NMAC, proposes a new rule 13.10.30 NMAC, Pharmacy Benefits Managers
PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED NEW RULE: The
purpose of this new rule is implement and enforce the
Pharmacy Benefits Manager Regulation Act.
SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED RULE: The rule
establishes requirements and procedures, including licensing, complaints, and
payment of claims.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Legal authority for this
rulemaking is found at Section 59A-61-3 NMSA 1978.
Copies
of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and proposed rules are available by
electronic download from the OSI website (www.osi.state.nm.us/index.php/legal/) or the New Mexico Sunshine portal, or
by requesting a copy in person at the NM Office of Superintendent of Insurance,
1120 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501.
OSI
will hold a public hearing on the new rule 13.10.30 NMAC on January 10, 2020 at
9:00 a.m. at the NM Office of Superintendent of Insurance, 4th Floor PRC Hearing Room, Old PERA Building, 1120
Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. The Superintendent designates R. Alfred
Walker to act as the hearing officer for this rulemaking. Oral comments will be
accepted at the public hearing from members of the public and any interested
parties.
Written comments and proposals will be
accepted through 4:00 pm on the day of the public hearing, or the last day of
the public hearing if the public hearing extends for more than one day. Responses to written comments or oral
comments will be accepted through 4:00 pm on January 20, 2020. Comments may be
submitted via email to OSI-docketfiling@state.nm.us or may be filed by sending
original copies to:
OSI
Records and Docketing, NM Office of Superintendent of Insurance
Attention:
Mariano Romero, Room 331
1120
Paseo de Peralta, P.O. Box 1689, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1689
Docket No.:
19-00050-RULE-LH
IN THE MATTER OF A
PROPOSED NEW RULE FOR PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS, 13.10.30 NMAC
Only signed statements, proposals or comments will be
accepted. Scanned or facsimile signatures
or electronic signatures conforming to federal and state court requirements
will be accepted with the understanding that if there is any dispute regarding
a signature, OSI reserves the right to require that original signatures be
provided to verify the electronic or facsimile signature. All filings must be received between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except on state
holidays. Any filings after 4:00 will be
filed to the docket the next business day.
SPECIAL NEEDS: Any person with a disability who is in need
of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or other auxiliary
aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing should contact Melissa
Martinez at 505-476-0333 ten (10) business days prior to the hearing.
The Superintendent will
consider all oral comments, and will review all timely submitted written
comments and responses.
DONE
AND ORDERED this 26th day of November 2019
/S/JOHN
G. FRANCHINI