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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 27 - Public Assistance » Article 1 - General Provisions

Section 27-1-1 – Definitions.

As used in Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 13 NMSA 1953, “department,” “department of public welfare,” “state department of public welfare,” “New Mexico department of public welfare,” “state board of public welfare,” “board of public welfare,” “state board,” “state department,” “health and social services department,” “department of health and social services,” “health and social […]

Section 27-1-11 – Expedited procedure.

The state Title IV-D agency shall have the authority to take the following actions relating to establishment of paternity or to establishment, modification or enforcement of support orders, without the necessity of obtaining an order from any other judicial or administrative tribunal, and to recognize and enforce the authority of state Title IV-D agencies of […]

Section 27-1-12 – Work requirement for persons owing past-due child support.

The state Title IV-D agency must have and use procedures under which the state has the authority, in any case in which an individual owes past-due support with respect to a child receiving assistance under a state program funded under temporary assistance for needy families, to issue an order or to request that a court […]

Section 27-1-13 – Financial institution data matches.

A. “Financial institution” means: (1) a depository institution, as defined in Section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(c)); (2) an institution-affiliated party, as defined in Section 3(u) of such act (12 U.S.C. 1813(u)); (3) any federal credit union or state credit union, as defined in Section 101 of the Federal Credit […]

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, […]

Section 27-1-15 – Repealed.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 160, § 1; repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 26, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2006, ch. 26, § 4 repealed 27-1-15 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2005, ch. 160, § 1, relating to the prescription drug discount card program, effective May 17, 2006.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 […]

Section 27-1-16 – Brain injury services fund created.

A. There is created in the state treasury the “brain injury services fund”. The fund shall be invested in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-10-10 NMSA 1978, and all income earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. B. The brain injury services fund shall be used to institute and maintain a […]

Section 27-1-2 – Powers of human services department.

A. The human services department is an agency of the state and shall at all times be under the exclusive control of this state. The management and control of the human services department is vested in the secretary of human services. B. Subject to the constitution of New Mexico, the human services department has the […]

Section 27-1-3 – Activities of human services department.

The department shall be charged with the administration of all the welfare activities of the state as provided in Chapter 27 NMSA 1978, except as otherwise provided for by law. The department shall, except as otherwise provided by law: A. administer old age assistance, aid to dependent children, assistance to persons with a visual impairment […]

Section 27-1-3.1 – Acute care bed usage; funding authorization.

The human services department is authorized to accept and use federal grants or matching funds for the purpose of reimbursement to certain rural hospitals for using empty acute care beds for intermediate care and skilled nursing care, as defined in federal statutes and regulations, subject to federal approval and the availability of funds. The department […]

Section 27-1-4 – Status of assistance payments.

Payments received by a displaced person under the Relocation Assistance Act [42-3-1 NMSA 1978] shall not be considered as income or resources to any recipient of public assistance, and such payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled under the laws of this state. History: […]

Section 27-1-5 to 27-1-7 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 101, § 9 repealed 27-1-5 through 27-1-7 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 74, §§ 1 through 3, the Citizen Substitute Care Review Act, effective April 2, 1985. For present comparable provisions, see 32A-8-1 to 32A-8-6 NMSA 1978.

Section 27-1-8 – State case registry.

A. The human services department, acting as the state’s child support enforcement agency pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, shall establish a state case registry by October 1, 1998 that contains records with respect to: (1) each case in which services are being provided on or after October 1, 1998 by the […]