N.M. Stat. § 13-7-29
Sexually transmitted infection care; cost sharing
eliminated.
A. Group health coverage, including self-insurance, offered, issued, amended,
delivered or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act, that offers coverage for
preventive care or treatment of sexually transmitted infections shall not impose cost
sharing on eligible insureds.
B. Pursuant to this section, preventive care or treatment of sexually transmitted
infections shall not be conditioned upon the gender identity of the insured.
C. The provisions of Subsection A of this section do not apply to high-deductible
health care plans with health savings accounts until an eligible insured's deductible has
been met, unless otherwise allowed pursuant to federal law.
D. For the purposes of this section:
(1)
"cost sharing" means policy deductibles, copayments or coinsurance;
(2)
"preventive care" means screening, testing, examination or counseling
and the administration, dispensing or prescribing of drugs, devices or supplies incidental
to the prevention of a sexually transmitted infection;
(3)
"sexually transmitted infection" means chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV
and relevant types of hepatitis, as well as any other sexually transmitted infection
regardless of mode of transportation, as designated by rule upon making a finding that
the particular sexually transmitted infection is contagious; and
(4)
"treatment" means medically necessary care for the management of an
existing sexually transmitted infection.