New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 16 / August 25, 2020
NOTICE OF NEW COMMENT PERIOD AND HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Superintendent of Insurance
(Superintendent), pursuant to the Insurance Code, Section 59A-l -1 et
seq. NMSA 1978 (“Insurance Code”) and 13.1.4 NMAC, will begin a new comment
period and have an additional public comment hearing on proposed rule 13.10.32 NMAC - COVERAGE FOR CONTRACEPTION.
PURPOSE AND
SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED NEW RULE is
to clarify coverage requirements for various contraceptive methods.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 59A-2-9, 59A-22-42, 59A-23-7.14, 59A-46-44
and 59A-47-45.5 NMSA 1978.
Copies
of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and proposed rules are available by electronic
download from the OSI website (https://www.osi.state.nm.us/index.php/idms/)
or the
New Mexico Sunshine portal. Please note that the proposed rules for this new
comment period have been modified from the rules which were the subject of the
previous notice in this matter.
OSI
will begin a new comment period on August 25, 2020 and hold a public
video/telephonic hearing on the proposed rules on September 28, 2020 at 10:00
a.m.
Join
via Video:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2916274744
Join
via telephone: 1-346-248-7799
Meeting ID: 291 627 4744
The
Superintendent designates R. Alfred Walker to act as the hearing officer for
this rulemaking. Oral comments will be
accepted at the video/telephonic 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 October 9, 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
1120
Paseo de Peralta, P.O. Box 1689, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1689
Docket No.:
20-00023-RULE-LH
IN
THE MATTER OF ADOPTING A NEW PROPOSED RULE 13.10.32 NMAC COVERAGE FOR
CONTRACEPTION
Only signed statements, proposals or comments will be
accepted. Scanned 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 Gutierrez
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 25th day of August 2020
/S/RUSSELL
TOAL