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NM Stat § 57-30-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 30 - Sale of Recycled Metals|Section 57-30-10 - Powers and duties of superintendent.

The superintendent has authority to promulgate reasonable regulations for the administration and enforcement of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act and is expressly authorized to make regulations regarding records of purchase of regulated material and the database required pursuant to that act. History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 10; 2012, ch. 29, § 9; 2012, ch. 33, § 9. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, eliminated public access to the database and after "regulated material and the" deleted the word "public". Laws 2012, ch. 29, § 9 and Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 9 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 9. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 57-30-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 30 - Sale of Recycled Metals|Section 57-30-11 - Waiting period for disposal of regulated material.

A secondhand metal dealer shall not process or permit to be removed from the dealer's premises regulated material until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed since the dealer acquired the regulated material. History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 11; 2012, ch. 29, § 10; 2012, ch. 33, § 10. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, reduced the waiting period for disposal of regulated material to twenty-four hours and after "regulated material until", deleted "the fifth business day after the date on which" and added "at least twenty-four hours have elapsed since". Laws 2012, ch. 29, § 10 and Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 10 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 10. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 57-30-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 30 - Sale of Recycled Metals|Section 57-30-12 - Prohibited acts.

A person shall not, with the intent to deceive: A. display to a secondhand metal dealer a false or invalid personal identification document in connection with the person's attempted sale of regulated material; B. make a false material statement or representation to a secondhand metal dealer in connection with: (1) that person's execution of a written statement required by Subsection A of Section 57-30-4 NMSA 1978; (2) the dealer's efforts to obtain the information required pursuant to Subsection B of Section 57-30-5 NMSA 1978; or (3) the written documentation required for certain transactions pursuant to Section 16 [57-30-18 NMSA 1978] of this 2012 act; or C. deliberately remove or alter a manufacturer's make, model, serial or personal identification number or other identifying marks engraved or etched upon property that is regulated material. History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 12; 2012, ch. 29, § 11; 2012, ch. 33, § 11. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, prohibited a person from making a false statement in a written document indicating that the seller is the owner of or has permission from the owner to sell certain regulated material and from removing identifying information from regulated material; in Subsection B, added Paragraph (3); and added Subsection C. Laws 2012, ch. 29, § 11 and Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 11 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 11. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 57-30-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 30 - Sale of Recycled Metals|Section 57-30-13 - Civil penalty; suspension or revocation of registration.

A. A person who violates any provision of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act may be assessed a civil penalty by the superintendent not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation. B. The superintendent may suspend or revoke the registration of a secondhand metal dealer when the superintendent finds that the dealer has intentionally violated a provision of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act. C. Prior to the imposition of a civil penalty or the suspension or revocation of a registration, the superintendent shall provide notice and an opportunity to be heard pursuant to the pertinent notice and hearing provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act [Chapter 61, Article 1 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 13; 2012, ch. 29, § 12; 2012, ch. 33, § 12. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, provided for the suspension or revocation of the registration of secondhand metal dealers; added Subsection B; and in Subsection C, after "imposition of a", changed "civil penalty, the person being penalized shall be afforded" to "civil penalty or the suspension or revocation of a registration, the superintendent shall provide", and after "to be heard", deleted "by the superintendent". Laws 2012, ch. 29, § 12 and Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 12 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 12. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 57-30-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 30 - Sale of Recycled Metals|Section 57-30-14 - Applicability.

The provisions of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act shall not apply to a purchase of regulated material from a manufacturing, industrial or other commercial vendor that sells regulated material in the ordinary course of the vendor's business. History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 15. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 15 was erroneously left out of the 2008 compilation by the compiler. The provisions of this section became effective January 1, 2009.
NM Stat § 57-31-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 31 - Distributed Generation Disclosure|Section 57-31-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 5 [57-31-1 to 57-31-5 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Distributed Generation Disclosure Act". History: Laws 2017, ch. 102, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 102 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 57-31-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 31 - Distributed Generation Disclosure|Section 57-31-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Distributed Generation Disclosure Act: A. "annual percentage rate" means the cost of credit, expressed as a yearly rate, that relates the amount and timing of value received by the consumer to the amount and timing of payments made; B. "business day" means any day Monday through Friday, unless such day falls on a legal holiday, in which case "business day" means the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday; C. "buyer" means a person that purchases a distributed energy generation system from a seller or marketer and includes a power purchaser; D. "distributed energy generation system" means a device or system that is used to generate or store electricity, that has an electric delivery capacity, individually or in connection with other similar devices or systems, greater than one kilowatt or one kilowatt-hour, and that is used primarily for on-site consumption, but does not include an electric generator that is intended for occasional use; E. "energized" means that a distributed energy generation system is installed and operational for its intended purposes of generating or storing electricity; F. "interconnected" means that a distributed energy generation system is connected to the power grid and is able to transfer electricity to the power grid; G. "lessee" means a person that leases a distributed energy generation system from the owner of the distributed energy generation system; H. "person" means an individual person, corporation, trust, partnership, association, cooperative association, club, company, firm, joint venture or syndicate; I. "power purchaser" means a buyer that agrees to purchase the power generated by a distributed energy generation system from the owner of the distributed energy generation system; J. "renewable energy certificate" means a certificate or other record, in a format approved by the public regulation commission, that represents all the environmental attributes from one kilowatt-hour of electricity generation from a renewable energy resource; and K. "seller or marketer" means a person acting through its officers, employees, brokers or agents that markets, sells or solicits the sale or lease of distributed energy generation systems or the sale of power to a power purchaser or negotiates or enters into agreements for the sale or lease of distributed energy generation systems or the sale of power to a power purchaser. History: Laws 2017, ch. 102, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 102contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 57-31-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 31 - Distributed Generation Disclosure|Section 57-31-4 - Additional requirements; exception.

A. Recurring payments under a distributed energy generation system lease or purchase agreement shall not begin until the distributed energy generation system is energized and interconnected. B. The Distributed Generation Disclosure Act does not apply to an individual or company, acting through its officers, employees, brokers or agents, that markets, sells, solicits, negotiates or enters into an agreement for the sale, financing or lease of a distributed energy generation system as part of a transaction involving the sale or transfer of the real property to which the distributed energy generation system is or will be affixed. C. The Distributed Generation Disclosure Act does not apply to third-party financial institutions that enter into an agreement for the financing of a distributed energy generation system. History: Laws 2017, ch. 102, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 102 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 57-31-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 31 - Distributed Generation Disclosure|Section 57-31-5 - Disclosure statement forms.

A. The attorney general shall adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of the Distributed Generation Disclosure Act. The attorney general shall, by January 1, 2018, issue form disclosure statements that may be used to provide the disclosures required by the Distributed Generation Disclosure Act for agreements with buyers or lessees. B. Disclosure statements provided in substantially the form issued by the attorney general shall be regarded as complying with the disclosure statements required by Subsection A of Section 3 [57-31-3 NMSA 1978] of the Distributed Generation Disclosure Act. History: Laws 2017, ch. 102, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 102 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 57-32-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 10 [57-32-1 to 57-32-10 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act".History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 1 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-3 - Requirement to provide screening for insurance and program eligibility.

A. In addition to any other actions required by applicable state or federal law or local government ordinance, health care facilities shall take the following steps before seeking payment for emergency or medically necessary care:(1) offer to and, if requested, verify whether a patient has any health insurance;(2) if the patient is uninsured, offer information about, offer to screen the patient for and, if requested, screen the patient for:(a) all available public insurance;(b) any other public programs that may assist with health care costs; and(c) any financial assistance offered by the health care facility;(3) offer to and, if requested, provide assistance with the application process for programs identified during the screening; and(4) if a third-party health care provider will bill the patient, send the information gathered during the steps required pursuant to this subsection to the third-party health care provider.B. In addition to any other actions required by applicable state or federal law or local government ordinance, a third-party health care provider shall not seek payment for emergency or medically necessary care until the third-party health care provider receives the information required pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of this section.C. The superintendent shall promulgate rules to establish minimum standards governing the requirements of this section and shall provide health care facilities and third-party health care providers with guidance on billing and screening best practices, based on health care facility type and size, that includes policies to prevent the disclosure of patients' personal information to third parties.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 3 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-4 - Indigent patients; patients' debt collection protections.

A. For patients who are determined to be indigent patients, charges for health care services and medical debt shall not be pursued through collection actions. All collection actions through which charges for health care services and medical debt are pursued shall be terminated upon the determination that a patient is an indigent patient. Health care facilities, third-party health care providers and medical creditors shall not hire or otherwise engage third parties to perform collection actions against or otherwise recover debts from indigent patients.B. The superintendent shall promulgate rules to establish the process by which a patient is determined to be an indigent patient for purposes of this section. The rules shall take into account both permanent and temporary sources of income.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 4 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-5 - Department guidance on funding sources, billing and screening.

The department shall provide health care facilities and third-party health care providers with guidance on accessing available sources of funding for care that maximizes the use of funds in the following order of priority:A. federal funds;B. state funds; andC. other available funds.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 5 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-6 - Billing information.

A. All bills sent from a health care facility, third-party health care provider or medical creditor to a patient shall include a complete and plain-language description of the date, amount and nature of all charges; if the patient is verified as having health insurance; if the health care facility screened the patient for programs that assist with health care costs; and if the health care facility or third-party health care provider has billed or will bill insurance or public programs that may assist with health care costs for the services provided. Prior to initiating communication with a consumer or a collection action over medical debt, a medical debt collector shall have all billing information required in this subsection as allowed under the provisions of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.B. In communications with a consumer about medical debt, including communication related to collection actions, a health care facility, third-party health care provider, medical creditor or medical debt collector shall inform the consumer of the availability of the information required pursuant to Subsection A of this section and offer to provide that information to the consumer; provided that the information required pursuant to this section need only be provided to a requester once every thirty days.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 6. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 6 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-7 - Receipts for payments.

A. Within thirty business days of receipt of a payment on a medical debt, the health care facility, third-party health care provider, medical creditor, medical debt collector or their agents receiving the payment shall send a receipt to the person who made the payment. The receipt may take the form of a billing statement. All receipts shall show:(1) the amount paid;(2) the date payment was received;(3) the new balance after application of the payment;(4) the interest rate and interest accrued since the consumer's last payment;(5) the consumer's account number;(6) the name of the current owner of the debt and, if different, the name of the medical creditor; and(7) whether the payment is accepted as payment in full of the debt.B. All health care facilities, third-party health care providers, medical creditors and medical debt collectors shall apply payments as of the date payment was received or, if received after business hours, the next business day, and use that date when assessing penalties or interest accumulation.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 7 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-8 - Indigent care reporting requirements.

A. Health care facilities and third-party health care providers shall annually report to the department how the following funds are used:(1) indigent care funds and safety net care pool funds pursuant to the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act [Chapter 27, Article 5 NMSA 1978]; and(2) funds raised to pay the cost of operating and maintaining county hospitals, pay contracting hospitals in accordance with health care facilities contracts or pay a county's transfer to the county-supported medicaid fund pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act [Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978].B. A health care facility's or third-party health care provider's report to the department shall include:(1) the number of indigent patients whose health care costs were paid directly from the funds described in Subsection A of this section and the total amount of funds expended for these health care costs; and(2) as applicable, the health care facility's estimated annual amount and percentage of the health care facility's bad debt expense attributable to patients eligible under the health care facility's financial assistance policy and an explanation of the methodology used by the health care facility to estimate this amount and percentage.C. A health care facility's or third-party health care provider's report shall be available to the public via a link from the homepage of the health care facility's or third-party health care provider's website.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 8 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-9 - Waiver of rights.

A. A consumer shall not be required to exhaust any administrative remedies provided by the provisions of the Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act or other applicable law before seeking legal or equitable relief.B. A financial assistance policy or agreement between a patient and a health care facility, third-party health care provider, medical creditor or medical debt collector shall not contain any provision that, prior to a dispute arising, waives or has the practical effect of waiving the rights of a patient to resolve that dispute by obtaining:(1) injunctive, declaratory or other equitable relief;(2) multiple or minimum damages as specified by statute;(3) attorney fees and costs as specified by statute or as available at common law; or(4) a hearing at which that party can present evidence in person.C. A provision in a financial assistance policy or other written agreement that violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is void and unenforceable. A court may refuse to enforce other provisions of the financial assistance policy or other written agreement as equity may require.D. A waiver by a patient or other consumer of any protection provided by or any right of the patient or other consumer pursuant to the Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act is void and shall not be enforced by any court or any other person.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 9 effective July 1, 2021.
NM Stat § 57-32-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 32 - Patients' Debt Collection Protection|Section 57-32-10 - Enforcement.

A. The attorney general shall enforce the provisions of the Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act and shall adopt rules in accordance with that act to provide for the protection of patients and their families and to assist market participants in interpreting that act.B. The attorney general shall establish a complaint process whereby an aggrieved patient or a member of the public may file a complaint against a health care facility, third-party health care provider, medical creditor or medical debt collector that violates a provision of the Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act. All complaints shall be considered public records pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 2 NMSA 1978], with the exception of the complainant's name, address or protected personal identifier information defined in the Inspection of Public Records Act.History: Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 31, § 10 effective July 1, 2021.