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SENATE BILL 284
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Heather Berghmans and Katy M. Duhigg and Angel M. Charley
and Crystal Brantley and Nicole Tobiassen
AN ACT
RELATING TO INSURANCE; DECLARING THAT FOSTER CHILDREN ARE NOT
RESIDENTS OF FOSTER HOMES FOR PURPOSES OF HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] FOSTER CHILDREN ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF
FOSTER HOMES FOR PURPOSES OF HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.--A minor
child placed in substitute care or foster care by the children,
youth and families department or by a licensed child placement
agency is not disqualified from coverage under any premises
liability insurance policy as a result of the child's placement
status."
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