Clients who are indigent may receive care and treatment at state-operated facilities without charge. The governing authorities of such facilities may require payment for the cost of care and treatment from all others pursuant to established fee schedules based on ability to pay.
History: 1953 Comp., § 34-2A-24, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 161, § 15.
Reimbursement from county under Indigent Hospital Claims Act. — Individuals committed to private or county-operated facilities under statutory involuntary commitment procedures are responsible for their hospital expenses, and eligible hospitals treating indigent patients may look to the applicable county for reimbursement under the Indigent Hospital Claims Act. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-35.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 43 - Commitment Procedures
Article 1 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Section 43-1-1 - Mental condition of criminal defendants; evaluation; treatment.
Section 43-1-4 - Legal representation of clients.
Section 43-1-6 - Personal rights of residential clients.
Section 43-1-7 - Right to treatment.
Section 43-1-8 - Right to habilitation.
Section 43-1-9 - Individualized treatment or habilitation plans.
Section 43-1-10 - Emergency mental health evaluation and care.
Section 43-1-11 - Commitment of adults for thirty-day period.
Section 43-1-12 - Extended commitment of adults.
Section 43-1-13 - Involuntary commitment of developmentally disabled adults to residential care.
Section 43-1-14 - Voluntary admission to residential treatment or habilitation.
Section 43-1-15 - Consent to treatment; adult clients.
Section 43-1-16 to 43-1-18 - Repealed.
Section 43-1-19 - Disclosure of information.
Section 43-1-20 - Special commissioner.
Section 43-1-21 - Convalescent status; rehospitalization.
Section 43-1-22 - Transportation.
Section 43-1-23 - Violation of clients' rights.