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.
Effective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 127 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 5 - Indigent Hospital and County Health Care
Section 27-5-2 - Purpose of Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.
Section 27-5-3 - Public assistance provisions.
Section 27-5-5.1 - Indigent health care report; required.
Section 27-5-5.2 - Nondiscrimination; indigent patients.
Section 27-5-6 - Powers and duties of counties relating to indigent care.
Section 27-5-6.1 - Safety net care pool fund created.
Section 27-5-6.2 - Transfer to safety net care pool fund.
Section 27-5-7 - Health care assistance fund.
Section 27-5-7.1 - County health care assistance fund; authorized uses of the fund.
Section 27-5-9 - Tax levies authorized.
Section 27-5-11 - Qualifying hospital duties and reporting.
Section 27-5-12 - Payment of claims.
Section 27-5-16 - Department; payments; cooperation; reporting.