New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 22 / November 24, 2020
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Superintendent of Insurance (“Superintendent”),
pursuant to the New Mexico Insurance Code, Sections 59A-l -1 et seq. NMSA 1978 (“Insurance
Code”) and 13.1.4 NMAC, proposes to
adopt new rules: 13.10.33 NMAC - SURPRISE BILLING.
PURPOSE OF THE
PROPOSED RULES: To implement consumer
protection, reimbursement, refund, reporting and appeal requirements for the Surprise
Billing Protection Act.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 59A-2-9 NMSA 1978, Sections 59A-57A-1 through 59A-57A-13
NMSA 1978 and Section 59A-16-21.3 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.
OSI
will hold a public video/telephonic hearing on the proposed rules on December
28, 2020 at 1:00 p.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 December 28, 2020. Responses to written comments or oral comments
will be accepted through 4:00 pm on January 7, 2021. 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.: 20-00061-RULE-LH
IN
THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF SURPRISE BILLING RULES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 59A,
ARTICLE 57A NMSA 1978
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.
ISSUED
this 24th day of November 2020
/S/RUSSELL
TOAL