A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section, the provisions of the Small Group Rate and Renewability Act apply to any health benefit plan that provides coverage to one or more employees of a small employer.
B. The provisions of the Small Group Rate and Renewability Act shall not apply to individual health insurance policies that are subject to policy form and premium rate approval as provided in Section 59A-18-12, 59A-18-13, 59A-44-16, 59A-46-8, 59A-47-25 or 59A-47-26 NMSA 1978.
C. Any policies or certificates of a master policy that because of solicitation by agents or through the mail or mass media advertising are treated as individual policies and subject to the approvals stated in Subsection B of this section.
History: Laws 1991, ch. 153, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSApplicability. — Laws 1991, ch. 153, § 11 made the provisions of the act applicable to each health benefit plan for a small employer under the Small Group Rate and Renewability Act that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed or continued in this state after July 1, 1991 and provided that the date a plan is continued or renewed is the first rating period that commences after June 14, 1991.