Section 27-11-3 – Review of medicaid provider or managed care organization; contract remedies; penalties.
A. Consistent with the terms of any contract between the department and a medicaid provider or managed care organization, the secretary shall have the right to be afforded access to such of the medicaid provider’s or managed care organization’s records and personnel, as well as its subcontracts and that subcontractor’s records and personnel, as may […]
Section 27-11-4 – Retention and production of records.
A. Medicaid providers, managed care organizations and their subcontractors shall retain, for a period of at least six years from the date of creation, all medical and business records that are necessary to verify the: (1) treatment or care of any recipient for which the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor received payment from […]
Section 27-7A-8 – Penalties.
The department shall administer sanctions for a provider’s failure to comply with the Employee Abuse Registry Act, including a directed plan of correction or civil monetary penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per instance. History: Laws 2005, ch. 256, § 8. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 256 contained no effective date […]
Section 27-8-1 – Short title.
This act [27-8-1 to 27-8-9 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Community Action Act”. History: Laws 1983, ch. 139, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Legislator contracting with agency must ascertain how agency organized. — A legislator contracting with a community action agency will have to ascertain how the agency is organized to determine whether the prohibitions […]
Section 27-8-2 – Policy; purpose.
Although in recent years New Mexico has shown improvement in indices such as personal income and the number of families below the poverty level, the state continues to compare poorly with other states. New Mexico has risen from 48th in 1974 to 41st in per capita personal income; however, poverty continues to be the lot […]
Section 27-8-3 – Definitions.
As used in the Community Action Act: A. “poverty level” means the official poverty level established by the federal director of the office of management and budget and revised periodically by the federal secretary of health and human services; and B. “secretary” means the secretary of human services. History: Laws 1983, ch. 139, § 3.
Section 27-8-4 – Financial assistance for community action agencies.
A. The secretary may provide financial assistance to community action agencies for the planning, conduct, administration and evaluation of community action programs as described in the Community Action Act in accordance with state and federal law and regulations. B. No funds provided pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be distributed to a community […]
Section 27-8-5 – Community action agencies; designation; powers.
A. A community action agency is a political subdivision of the state, a combination of political subdivisions or a public or private nonprofit agency that: (1) has the power and authority to enter into contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations in fulfilling the purposes of the Community Action Act; (2) is capable […]
Section 27-8-6 – Community action agencies; board; local participation.
A. Each community action agency shall administer its community action program through a community action board. Board members shall be selected as follows: (1) one-third of the members of the board shall be elected public officials currently holding office in the geographical area to be served by the community action agency or their representatives, except […]
Section 27-8-7 – Community action programs.
Each community action agency shall use available funds for a community action program which: A. provides a range of services and activities which have a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community; B. provides activities designed to assist low-income participants, including the elderly poor, to: (1) secure and retain meaningful […]