An individual or group subscriber contract delivered or issued for delivery in New Mexico that, on a prepaid, service or indemnity basis, provides for treatment of persons for the prevention, cure or correction of any illness or physical or mental condition shall include coverage for the services of a dental therapist and a dental hygienist in a collaborative practice pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act [Chapter 61, Article 5A NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 2003, ch. 343, § 4; 2019, ch. 107, § 16.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, required subscriber contracts of a health plan to include the services of dental therapists; in the section heading, added "dental therapists", and after "coverage for the services of a", added "dental therapist".