Section 27-5-3 – Public assistance provisions.
A. A hospital shall not be paid from the fund under the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act for costs of an indigent patient for services that have been determined by the department to be eligible for medicaid reimbursement. B. No action for collection of claims under the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care […]
Section 27-5-4 – Definitions.
As used in the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act: A. “ambulance provider” or “ambulance service” means a specialized carrier based within the state authorized under provisions and subject to limitations as provided in individual carrier certificates issued by the public regulation commission to transport persons alive, dead or dying en route by means […]
Section 27-5-4.1 – Repealed.
History: 1953 Comp., § 13-2-15.1, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 123, § 2; repealed by Laws 2012, ch. 18, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2012, ch. 18, § 4 repealed 27-5-4.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 123, § 2, relating to applicability, effective March 1, 2012. For provisions of former section, […]
Section 27-5-5 – Repealed.
History: 1953 Comp., § 13-2-16, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 234, § 5; 1993, ch. 321, § 5; repealed by Laws 2014, ch. 79, § 22. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2014, ch. 79, § 22 repealed 27-5-5 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 234, § 5, relating to county indigent hospital and county […]
Section 27-5-5.1 – Indigent health care report; required.
Every county in New Mexico shall file an annual report on all indigent health care funding by the county with the commission. The report shall contain the county’s eligibility criteria for indigent patients, services provided to indigent patients, restrictions on services provided to indigent patients, conditions for reimbursement to providers of health care, revenue sources […]
Section 27-5-5.2 – Nondiscrimination; indigent patients.
Qualifying hospitals and hospitals with which a county contracts to provide for the services of indigent patients shall provide those services for indigent patients, including financial assistance, to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they meet all other qualifying criteria for such services. History: Laws 2021, ch. 127, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — […]