All individual and group health maintenance organization contracts delivered or issued for delivery in this state which provide maternity coverage shall also provide, where necessary to protect the life of the infant or mother, coverage for transportation, including air transport, for the medically high-risk pregnant woman with an impending delivery of a potentially viable infant to the nearest available tertiary care facility as defined in Section 874 [59A-46-38 NMSA 1978] of this article for newly born infants.
NMS § 59A-46-39