New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 4 - PRIMARY CARE CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM › Section 7.29.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Act"
means the Primary Care Capital Funding Act (Sections
				24-1C-1 to
				24-1C-10 NMSA
				1978).
B.
"Agreement"
means the document or documents signed by the Board and the Eligible Entity
				which specify the terms and conditions of obtaining Financial Assistance under
				the Program;
C.
"Applicant"
means an Eligible Entity which has filed a request for
				Financial Assistance with the Department and the Authority;
D.
"Application"
means a
				written document filed with the Department and the Authority by an Applicant
				for the purpose of obtaining Financial Assistance; an application may include a
				form prescribed by the Department and the Authority, written responses to
				requests for information by the Department and the Authority, or other format
				as determined by the Department and the Authority;
E.
"Authority"
means the New
				Mexico Finance Authority;
F.
"Authorized Representative"
means one or more individuals authorized by
				the governing body of an Eligible Entity to act on behalf of the Eligible
				Entity in connection with its application. An Authorized Representative may act
				on behalf of the Eligible Entity to the extent provided by law;
G.
"Board"
means the New Mexico
				Finance Authority Board;
H.
"Capital Project"
means repair, renovation or construction of a
				facility, purchase of land, or purchase of capital equipment;
I.
"Contract for Services"
means an agreement with an Eligible Entity to provide free or reduced fee
				Primary Care services for Sick and Medically Indigent persons as reasonably
				adequate legal consideration for money from the Fund to the Eligible Entity so
				it may acquire or construct a Capital Project to provide the
				services;
J.
"Department"
means the New Mexico Department of Health;
K.
"Eligible Entity"
means a
				community-based nonprofit Primary Care clinic or Hospice that operates in a
				rural or other Health Care Underserved Area of the State and that has assets
				totaling less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) and is a 501 (c)(3)
				nonprofit corporation for federal income tax purposes;
L.
"Finance Committee"
means a
				six-member body, three members appointed by the chairman of the Board from the
				members of the Board and/or the Authority staff and three members appointed by
				the Department;
M.
"Financial Assistance"
means loans, contracts for services, and any
				other type of assistance authorized by the Act, or a combination thereof,
				provided by the Authority to an Eligible Entity under the Program for the
				funding of a Capital Project;
N.
"Fund"
means the Primary Care Capital Fund;
O.
"Health Care Underserved
				Area"
(HCUA) means geographic areas, special populations or institutions
				designated by the Department as having identifiable need for health services.
				These designations may recognize need for either general or special health care
				services. State HCUA designations may give consideration to federally
				designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved
				Areas (MUA).
P.
"Hospice"
means an organization, company, or any other entity which
				provides a Program of palliative and supportive services which provides
				physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for terminally ill patients
				and their family members in a Licensed Facility equipped and staffed to provide
				services on a twenty-four (24) hour basis.
Q.
"Licensing Authority"
means
				the Department.
R.
"Licensed
				Facility"
means facility licensed by the Department and complies with
				all applicable state and federal licensing requirements.
S.
"Mid-level Provider"
means
				licensed or certified non-physician Primary Care provider including physician
				assistant, nurse practitioner or nurse midwife.
T.
"Primary Care"
means the
				first level of basic or general health care for an individual's health needs,
				including diagnostic and treatment services; "Primary Care" includes the
				provision of mental health services if those services are integrated into the
				Eligible Entity's service array;
U.
"Program"
means the Primary Care Capital Project Finance Program
				authorized by the Act;
V.
"Sick and Medically Indigent"
means both those individuals below the
				federal poverty level not covered by private third party health care insurance
				and those individuals between 100% and 200% of federal poverty levels who are
				not covered by any private third party health insurance. Medically indigent
				individuals are usually expected to pay for some portion of the cost of their
				health care based upon the level of their income.