New Mexico Code § 59A-16-12.1

Discrimination on the basis of deterioration in health
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A. No insurer shall cancel or change the premiums, benefits or conditions of an individual health insurance policy or contract as to one insured solely because of a deterioration in the health of that insured occurring after the issuance or delivery of the policy or contract.
B. No conversion of a group health insurance policy that provides hospital, surgical and medical expense benefits shall be made to a conversion policy that has not been approved and found by the superintendent to provide benefits and conditions closely approximating the coverage of the policy from which conversion is exercised.
History: 1978 Comp., § 59A-16-12.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 111, § 12.

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