{"data":{"id":"us-nm/13-7-42","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"13-7-42","heading":"Dental coverage; designation of payment.","body":"A. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall provide for the direct payment of covered benefits to a provider, specified by the insured, regardless of the provider's network or contractual status with the dental plan.\nB. A dental plan shall provide for the direct payment of covered benefits to a provider, specified by the insured, by including on its claim forms an:\n(1) option for the designation of payment from the insured to the provider; and\n(2) an attestation to be completed by the insured.","path":["Chapter 13 - Public Purchases and Property","ARTICLE 7 Health Care Purchasing"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18513/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"016dedd04d2420183c765c97e48942d83112d4e2fccabf231151231dd6aab59b","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/13-7-41","next":"us-nm/13-7-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}