A. A county shall, by ordinance to be effective July 1, 2014, dedicate to the safety net care pool fund an amount equal to a gross receipts tax rate of one-twelfth percent applied to the taxable gross receipts reported during the prior fiscal year by persons engaging in business in the county. For purposes of this subsection, a county may use public funds from any existing authorized revenue source of the county.
B. A county enacting an ordinance pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall transfer to the safety net care pool fund by the last day of March, June, September and December of each year an amount equal to one-fourth of the county's payment to the safety net care pool fund.
History: Laws 2014, ch. 79, § 16.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2014, ch. 79, § 23, contained an emergency clause and was approved March 12, 2014.
Compiler's notes. — The governor partially vetoed Laws 2014, ch. 79, § 16. In the first sentence of Subsection A, after "July 1, 2014", the governor vetoed "through June 30, 2017".
To view the chaptered bill in its entirety, see the 2014 session laws on NMOneSource.com.
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.