New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB182 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 182
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Pat Woods
48	48	FOR THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE
49	49	AN ACT
50	50	RELATING TO PUBLIC LIABILITY; ESTABLISHING COVERAGE LIMITS ON
51	51	INSURANCE COVERAGE OFFERED BY THE RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF
52	52	THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT; AMENDING SECTION 15-7-3 NMSA
53	53	1978 (BEING LAWS 1978, CHAPTER 166, SECTION 8, AS AMENDED).
54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
55	55	SECTION 1. Section 15-7-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
56	56	Chapter 166, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
57	57	"15-7-3. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE RISK
58	58	MANAGEMENT DIVISION.--
59	59	A. The risk management division of the general
60	60	services department may:
61	61	(1) enter into contracts;
62	62	(2) procure insurance, reinsurance or employee
63	63	group benefits; provided that:
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91	91	(a) coverage shall not exceed: 1) five
92	92	hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for insurance for property
93	93	damages; 2) one million fifty thousand dollars ($1,050,000) for
94	94	general liability insurance; and 3) the limits established in
95	95	Section 41-4A-6 NMSA 1978 for civil rights liability;
96	96	(b) any proposal or contract for the
97	97	procurement of any group health care benefits shall be subject
98	98	to the provisions of the Health Care Purchasing Act; and
99	99	[provided further that ]
100	100	(c) reinsurance or excess coverage
101	101	insurance may be placed by private negotiation, notwithstanding
102	102	the provisions of the Procurement Code, if the insurance or
103	103	reinsurance has a restricted number of interested carriers, the
104	104	board determines that the coverage is in the interest of the
105	105	state and cannot otherwise be procured for a reasonable cost
106	106	and the director seeks the advice and review of the board in
107	107	the placement and in designing private negotiation procedures;
108	108	(3) in the manner prescribed by Subsection E
109	109	of Section 9-17-5 NMSA 1978, after a notice and a public
110	110	hearing, prescribe by rule reasonable and objective
111	111	underwriting and safety standards for governmental entities and
112	112	reasonable standards for municipal self-insurance pooling
113	113	agreements covering liability under the Tort Claims Act and
114	114	adopt such other [regulations ] rules as may be deemed
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144	144	(4) compromise, adjust, settle and pay claims;
145	145	(5) pay expenses and costs;
146	146	(6) in the manner prescribed by Subsection E
147	147	of Section 9-17-5 NMSA 1978, prescribe by rule the rating
148	148	bases, assessments, penalties and risks to be covered by the
149	149	public liability fund, the workers' compensation retention fund
150	150	and the public property reserve fund and the extent such risks
151	151	are to be covered;
152	152	(7) issue certificates of coverage in
153	153	accordance with Paragraph (6) of this subsection:
154	154	(a) to any governmental entity for any
155	155	tort liability risk covered by the public liability fund;
156	156	(b) to any governmental entity for any
157	157	personal injury liability risk or for the defense of any errors
158	158	or act or omission or neglect or breach of duty, including the
159	159	risks set forth in Paragraph (2) of Subsection B and Paragraph
160	160	(2) of Subsection D of Section 41-4-4 NMSA 1978; and
161	161	(c) to any governmental entity for any
162	162	part of risk covered by the workers' compensation retention
163	163	fund, the surety bond fund or the public property reserve fund;
164	164	(8) study the risks of all governmental
165	165	entities;
166	166	(9) initiate the establishment of safety
167	167	programs and adopt rules to carry out such programs in the
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197	197	(10) hire a safety program director who shall
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201	201	(12) employ full-time legal counsel who shall
202	202	be under the exclusive control and supervision of the director
203	203	and the secretary of general services.
204	204	B. The risk management division of the general
205	205	services department shall provide liability coverage for the
206	206	following risks:
207	207	(1) a claim made pursuant to the provisions of
208	208	42 USC Section 1983 against a nonprofit corporation, members of
209	209	its board of directors or its employees when the claim is based
210	210	upon action taken pursuant to the provisions of a contract
211	211	between the corporation and the [department of ] health care
212	212	authority under which the corporation provides developmental or
213	213	intellectual disability services to clients of the [department ]
214	214	authority and the claim is made by or on behalf of a client;
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216	216	(2) a claim made pursuant to the provisions of
217	217	42 USC Section 1983 against a nonprofit corporation, members of
218	218	its board of directors or its employees when the corporation
219	219	operates a health facility licensed by the [department of ]
220	220	health care authority as an intermediate care facility for
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250	250	disabilities and the claim is based upon action taken pursuant
251	251	to the provisions of the license and is made by or on behalf of
252	252	a resident of the licensed facility.
253	253	C. The director shall report findings and
254	254	recommendations, if any, for the consideration of each
255	255	legislature. The report shall include the amount and name of
256	256	any person receiving payment from the public liability fund of
257	257	any claim paid during the previous fiscal year exceeding one
258	258	thousand dollars ($1,000). The report shall be made available
259	259	to the legislature on or before December 15 preceding each
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