Section 27-5-12 – Payment of claims.
A. A hospital, ambulance service or health care provider filing a claim with the county shall: (1) file the claim with the county in which the indigent patient is domiciled; (2) file the claim for each patient separately, with an itemized detail of the total cost; and (3) file with the claim a verified statement […]
Section 27-5-6 – Powers and duties of counties relating to indigent care.
A county: A. may budget for expenditure on ambulance services, burial expenses, hospital or medical expenses for indigent residents of that county and for costs of development of a countywide or multicounty health plan. The combined costs of administration and planning shall not exceed the following percentages of revenues based on the previous fiscal year […]
Section 27-4-4 – Standard of need; income determination.
A. Standard of need for purposes of the Special Medical Needs Act [27-4-1 NMSA 1978] shall be determined in accordance with regulations adopted by the board. B. 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 […]
Section 27-4-5 – Eligibility requirements.
A person is eligible for medical care under the Special Medical Needs Act [27-4-1 NMSA 1978] if: A. pursuant to Section 27-4-4 NMSA 1978, the total amount of his nonexempt income is less than the applicable standard of need; and B. nonexempt specific and total resources are less than the level of maximum permissible resources […]
Section 27-5-1 – Short title.
Chapter 27, Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-2-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 234, § 1; 1993, ch. 321, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted “Chapter 27, Article 5 NMSA 1978” for “This act” and […]
Section 27-5-2 – Purpose of Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.
The purpose of the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act is: A. to recognize that each individual county of this state is the responsible agency for ambulance transportation, hospital care or the provision of health care to indigent patients domiciled in that county, as determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners, in […]
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 […]