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NM Stat § 27-1-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-14 - Enforcement of orders for health care.

A. All Title IV-D agency cases shall include a provision for the health care coverage of each child. In the case in which a medical support obligor parent provides such coverage and changes employment and the new employer provides such coverage, the state Title IV-D agency shall transfer notice of the provision to the employer, which notice shall operate to enroll each child in the medical support obligor's health plan unless the medical support obligor successfully contests the notice. B. For purposes of this section, "medical support obligor" means a person owing a duty to provide health support, or against whom a proceeding for the enforcement of such a duty of support is commenced or for registration of a support order that includes provisions for such support for each minor child. History: Laws 1997, ch. 237, § 34; 2007, ch. 165, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, added Subsection B defining "medical support obligor".. Severability. — Laws 1997, ch. 237, § 35 provides for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid.
NM Stat § 27-1-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-15 - Repealed.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 160, § 1; repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 26, § 4.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2006, ch. 26, § 4 repealed 27-1-15 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2005, ch. 160, § 1, relating to the prescription drug discount card program, effective May 17, 2006. For provisions of former section, see the 2005 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 27-2-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-1 - Short title.

Sections 27-2-1 through 27-2-34 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Public Assistance Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 13-17-1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 376, § 1; 2013, ch. 139, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For public assistance appeals, see Chapter 27, Article 3 NMSA 1978. For programs for persons with special medical needs, see Chapter 27, Article 4 NMSA 1978. The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, after "Section", added "27-2-1 through 27-2-34 NMSA 1978". Law reviews. — For symposium, "The Equal Rights Amendment and the Administration of Income Assistance Programs in New Mexico," see 3 N.M.L. Rev. 84 (1973). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Welfare Laws §§ 1 to 74. 81 C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare § 1 et seq.
NM Stat § 27-2-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Public Assistance Act: A. "department" means the human services department; B. "board" means the human services department; C. "director" means the secretary of human services; D. "local office" means the county or district office of the human services department; E. "public welfare" or "public assistance" means any aid or relief granted to or on behalf of an eligible person under the Public Assistance Act and regulations issued pursuant to that act; F. "applicant" means a person who has applied for assistance or services under the Public Assistance Act; G. "recipient" means a person who is receiving assistance or services under the Public Assistance Act; H. "federal act" means the federal Social Security Act, as may be amended from time to time, and regulations issued pursuant to that act; and I. "secretary" means the secretary of human services. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-17-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 376, § 2; 1977, ch. 252, § 21; 1987, ch. 78, § 1; 1991, ch. 155, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 1937, ch. 18, § 1 enacted definitions for a public welfare act. Laws 1937, ch. 18, § 1 was repealed by Laws 1968, ch. 37, § 7. Laws 1968, ch. 37, § 2 enacted the health and social services department. Laws 1973, ch. 376, § 19 also repealed Laws 1937, ch. 18, § 1. Cross references. — For the federal Social Security Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added "or services" following "assistance" in Subsections F and G.
NM Stat § 27-2-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-3 - Standard of need; income determination.

A. Consistent with the federal act and subject to the availability of federal and state funds, the board shall adopt a standard of need which shall establish a reasonable level of subsistence. B. Consistent with the federal act, the board shall define by regulation exempt and nonexempt income and resources. Medical expenses shall not be deducted from either income or resources in determining eligibility. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-17-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 376, § 3; 1975, ch. 187, § 3. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Welfare Laws §§ 15, 33, 35, 40, 53 to 60. 81 C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 37 to 44, 97 to 112.
NM Stat § 27-2-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-6 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 8, § 28 and Laws 1998, ch. 9, § 28 repealed 27-2-5 and 27-2-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 376, §§ 5 and 9, and amended by Laws 1982, ch. 24, §§ 1 and 2, relating to amount of grant and aid to families with dependent children, effective February 18, 1998. For provisions of former sections, see the 1997 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 27-2-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-6.1 - Supplemental postnatal assistance.

The health and social services department shall establish a program of supplemental postnatal assistance for those mentally retarded persons who during pregnancy received aid to families with dependent children but whose aid was revoked upon relinquishment of the newly born child for adoption. The supplemental postnatal assistance provided for in this section shall be at the same rate as aid to families with dependent children, but such supplemental postnatal assistance shall not exceed a period of sixty days. The health and social services department shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to carry out the provisions of this section. History: 1978 Comp., § 27-2-6.1, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 30, § 1.
NM Stat § 27-2-6.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-6.2 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 8, § 28 and Laws 1998, ch. 9, § 28, repealed 27-2-6.2 NMSA 1978, enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 122, § 1, relating to public assistance, employment and training requirements, effective February 18, 1998. For provisions of former section, see the 1997 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 27-2-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-7.1 - Eligible person entitled to information.

A recipient shall be provided with information about expiration of medicaid or general assistance benefits when the recipient or the recipient's guardian, custodian or other authorized representative files a request for such information with the human services department. The department shall respond to the request within five business days of receipt of the request made on a form the department shall devise and make available to a recipient. The response shall be by physical mail, electronic mail or facsimile or by access into a department-authorized web site. History: Laws 2007, ch. 88, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For medical assistance programs, see 27-2-12 NMSA 1978. Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 88, contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 27-2-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-8 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 8, § 28 and Laws 1998, ch. 9, § 28 repealed 27-2-8 NMSA 1978, amended by Laws 1975, ch. 187, § 5, relating to granting of assistance, effective February 18, 1998. For provisions of former section, see the 1997 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 27-2-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-9 - Payment for hospital care.

A. Consistent with the federal act, the department shall provide necessary hospital care for recipients of public assistance other than those eligible under the general assistance program authorized by Section 10 [27-2-7 NMSA 1978] of the Public Assistance Act. The rate of payment for in-patient hospital services shall be based either on the reasonable cost or the customary cost of such services, whichever is less. In determining reasonable cost under this section, the board shall adopt regulations establishing a formula consistent with the federal act. The department shall apply that formula to determine the amount to which each hospital is entitled as reimbursement for providing in-patient hospital services. B. To receive reimbursement for providing in-patient hospital services, a hospital shall file annually with the department such information as the department may reasonably require to determine reasonable costs or the hospital's customary cost of in-patient hospital services. C. Any hospital entitled to reimbursement for in-patient hospital services shall be entitled to a hearing, pursuant to regulations of the board consistent with applicable state law, if the hospital disagrees with the department's determination of the reimbursement the hospital is to receive. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-17-12, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 376, § 13. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For medical assistance programs generally, see 27-2-12 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Welfare Laws §§ 4, 32, 38 to 41, 87, 88, 105. Medical or surgical services rendered to poor person in emergency, without express authority, liability of governmental agency for, 93 A.L.R. 900. Nature of care contemplated by statute imposing general duty to care for indigent relatives, 92 A.L.R.2d 348. Limitation on right of chiropractors and osteopathic physicians to participate in public medical welfare programs, 8 A.L.R.4th 1056. 81 C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 102, 122, 128, 133.
NM Stat § 27-2-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-9.1 - Administration of shelter care supplement.

A. A shelter care supplement shall be provided to those individuals who are recipients of supplemental security income under Title 16 of the federal Social Security Act and who reside in shelter care homes licensed pursuant to regulations of the health and environment department [department of health]. B. The human services department is authorized to determine eligibility, compute payment, make payments and otherwise administer the shelter care supplement program. C. The amount of the shelter care supplement payment shall be established by the secretary of human services subject to the availability of general funds. History: Laws 1979, ch. 401, § 1; 1983, ch. 174, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department, and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health. Cross references. — For Title 16 of the federal Social Security Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.
NM Stat § 27-2-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-11 - Scope of assistance programs.

Any public assistance program conducted by the department under the federal act is effective in all political subdivisions if the federal act so requires. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-17-14, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 376, § 15. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For meaning of "federal act", see 27-2-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.1 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 330, § 1, repealed 27-2-12.1 NMSA 1978, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 94, § 1, relating to medicaid institutional care computation.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.2 - Medical assistance program; eligibility of married individuals.

For the purpose of determining medical assistance for institutional care program eligibility under the Public Assistance Act, the community spouse resource allowance for a community spouse as defined and authorized by the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 shall be a minimum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). History: Laws 1987, ch. 16, § 1; 1989, ch. 74, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-360), see Titles 26 and 42 of the United States Code.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.3 - Medicaid reimbursement; equal pay for equal physicians', dentists', optometrists', podiatrists' and psychologists' services.

The human services department shall establish a rate for the reimbursement of physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and psychologists for services rendered to medicaid patients that provides equal reimbursement for the same or similar services rendered without respect to the date on which such physician, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist or psychologist entered into practice in New Mexico, the date on which the physician, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist or psychologist entered into an agreement or contract to provide such services or the location in which such services are to be provided in the state; provided, however, that the requirements of this section shall not apply when the human services department contracts with entities pursuant to Section 27-2-12.6 NMSA 1978 to negotiate a rate for the reimbursement for services rendered to medicaid patients in the medicaid managed care system. History: 1978 Comp., § 27-2-12.2, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 269, § 1; 1996, ch. 70, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Medicaid Fraud Act, see Chapter 30, Article 44 NMSA 1978. The 1996 amendment, effective May 15, 1996, added the provisio at the end of the section.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.5 - Medicaid-certified nursing facilities; retroactive eligibility; refunds; penalty.

A. Medicaid payment for a medicaid-eligible patient shall be accepted by a medicaid-certified nursing facility from the first month of medicaid eligibility, regardless of whether the eligibility is retroactive. The nursing facility shall refund to the patient or responsible party all out-of-pocket money except for required medical-care credits paid to the nursing facility for that patient's care on and after the date of medicaid eligibility for services covered by the medicaid program. Within thirty days after notification by the human services department of the patient's medicaid eligibility, the nursing facility shall make any necessary refund to the patient or responsible party required under this section. B. In any cause of action brought against a nursing facility because of its failure to make a refund to the patient or responsible party as required under Subsection A of this section, the patient or responsible party may be awarded triple the amount of the money not refunded or three hundred dollars ($300), whichever is greater, and reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs. History: Laws 1989, ch. 83, § 1; 1991, ch. 211, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added "Penalty" in the section heading; designated the formerly undesignated provision as Subsection A; and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.6 - Medicaid payments; managed care.

A. The department shall provide for a statewide, managed care system to provide cost-efficient, preventive, primary and acute care for medicaid recipients by July 1, 1995. B. The managed care system shall ensure: (1) access to medically necessary services, particularly for medicaid recipients with chronic health problems; (2) to the extent practicable, maintenance of the rural primary care delivery infrastructure; (3) that the department's approach is consistent with national and state health care reform principles; and (4) to the maximum extent possible that medicaid-eligible individuals are not identified as such except as necessary for billing purposes. C. The department may exclude nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, medicaid in-home and community-based waiver services and residential and community-based mental health services for children with serious emotional disorders from the provisions of this section. History: Laws 1994, ch. 62, § 22. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For Money Follows the Person in New Mexico Act, see 27-15-1 NMSA 1978. Subsection B of Section 27-1-16 does not apply to New Mexico's managed health care system or managed care organizations. Starko, Inc. v. N.M. Human Servs. Dep't, 2014-NMSC-033, rev'g 2012-NMCA-053, 276 P.3d 252.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.8 - Mammograms for medicaid recipients.

In providing coverage for mammograms under the medicaid program, the department shall ensure that: A. patients will not be routinely solicited for mammograms; and that mammograms will only be performed based on nationally recognized standards; and B. any fee for service payment that shall be made on behalf of the medicaid program for a mammogram of a medicaid recipient shall be consistent with and not exceed the usual and customary charge that reflects the reasonable fair market value of the cost of a mammogram. History: Laws 1997, ch. 264, § 1.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.9 - Medicaid; personal spending allowances; increases.

For fiscal year 2001, the medicaid personal spending allowance shall be forty-five dollars ($45.00) per month for each eligible recipient. Thereafter, the medicaid personal spending allowance shall be increased at the beginning of each fiscal year by the annual percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for all items for the preceding calendar year. History: Laws 2000, ch. 9, § 1.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.10 - Clinical nurse specialists.

The department shall recognize clinical nurse specialists as mid-level providers in the medicaid program provided that the clinical nurse specialists comply with the requirements for licensure pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 3 NMSA 1978] and that the services provided by the clinical nurse specialists are covered and reimbursable in accordance with Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal act. History: Laws 2001, ch. 304, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Titles 19 and 21 of the federal act, referred to at the end of the section, are Titles 19 and 21 of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C.S. § 1396 et seq. and 42 U.S.C.S. § 1397 et seq., respectively.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.11 - Prescription drug waiver program; purpose; eligibility.

Subject to the availability of state funds and consistent with the federal Social Security Act, the human services department shall create a medicaid waiver program and may by regulation provide prescription drugs to persons whose incomes are less than one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level and who: A. are sixty-five years of age or older; or B. have been determined to be disabled under the criteria established under the federal social security administration's disability determination rules as applied by the department. History: Laws 2003, ch. 34, § 1 and by Laws 2003, ch. 278, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the federal Social Security Act, see 7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2003, ch. 34, § 1 and Laws 2003, ch. 278, § 1 enacted identical new sections, both effective June 20, 2003.
NM Stat § 27-2-12.12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.12 - Human services department; managed care contract credentialing provisions.

The human services department shall negotiate with medicaid contractors to ensure that the contractors' credentialing requirements are coordinated with other credentialing processes required of individual providers. History: Laws 2003, ch. 235, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 235 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 2003, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature. Legislative findings. — Laws 2003, ch. 235, § 1, effective June 20, 2003, provided: "The legislature finds that licensed professionals in New Mexico, particularly those in the health care field are severely burdened by multiple layers of mandatory credentialing obligations, costing them, their patients and third-party payers needless expense and wasted time. Further, the legislature notes that New Mexico's health care licensure provisions may be contributing to harmful delays in access to health care throughout the state, particularly in areas with acute professional shortages. The legislature believes that efforts begun pursuant to House Joint Memorial 61 of the second session of the forty-fifth legislature and the continued cooperation among respective licensing boards, the regulation and licensing department, various statewide professional associations and societies, insurers and national accrediting and standard setting organizations will produce a system satisfactory to all concerned while maintaining the primary goal of ensuring the health and safety of New Mexico residents".
NM Stat § 27-2-12.14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 27 - Public Assistance|Article 2 - Public Assistance Act|Section 27-2-12.14 - Brain injury; services authorized.

Subject to the availability of state funds and consistent with Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act, the department shall provide services to persons with brain injuries, with emphasis on long-term disability services provided through home- and community-based programs. History: Laws 2005, ch. 243, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross reference. — For Title 19 of the Social Security Act, see 42 USC Sections 1901 et seq. Effective dates. — Laws ch. 243, § 3 made the act effective April 6, 2005.