New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 3 / February 9, 2021
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Superintendent of Insurance
(“Superintendent”), pursuant to the New Mexico Insurance Code, Sections 59A-1-1 et
seq. NMSA 1978 (“Insurance Code”) and 13.1.4 NMAC, proposes to adopt a new rule, 13.10.35 NMAC, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
LIMITED SCOPE DENTAL AND VISION PLANS.
PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED NEW RULE IS: Establish minimum
regulatory standards and sales practices relating to dental and vision plans;
standardize and simplify the terms and coverages; facilitate public
understanding and comparison of coverage; eliminate provisions that may be
misleading or confusing in connection with the purchase and renewal of the
coverages or with the settlement of claims; and require disclosures in the
marketing and sale of the subject plans.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 59A-2-9 and 59A-23G-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.
Copies
of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and proposed rule 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 rule on March 11,
2021 at 9:00 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 March 11, 2021. Responses to written comments or oral
comments will be accepted through 4:00 pm on March 22, 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.:
20-00060-RULE-LH
IN
THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF DENTAL AND VISION PLAN RULES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 59A,
ARTICLE 23G 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 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 9th day of February 2021
/S/RUSSELL
TOAL