N.M. Stat. § 24-1-42
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§ 24-1-42. Eligibility for state or local health benefits
Official statutory text
A. A state or local health benefit shall be provided to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they meet all other qualifying criteria for such benefit.
B. For purposes of this section:
(1) “ health care services ” means treatment and services designed to promote improved health, including primary care, prenatal care, dental care, behavioral health care, provision of prescription drugs, preventive care or health outreach services, provided by a state agency, county, local government or state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico or an entity with which the state agency, county, local government or state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico contracts to provide such services; and
(2) “ state or local health benefit ” means any health benefit for which payments, assistance or health care services are provided to an individual, household or family eligibility unit by an agency of the state, a county, a local government or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico or by appropriated funds of the state, a county, a local government or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico , as permitted by federal law. “State or local health benefit” includes care or services for indigent persons or patients provided or funded pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act or the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.
B. For purposes of this section:
(1) “ health care services ” means treatment and services designed to promote improved health, including primary care, prenatal care, dental care, behavioral health care, provision of prescription drugs, preventive care or health outreach services, provided by a state agency, county, local government or state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico or an entity with which the state agency, county, local government or state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico contracts to provide such services; and
(2) “ state or local health benefit ” means any health benefit for which payments, assistance or health care services are provided to an individual, household or family eligibility unit by an agency of the state, a county, a local government or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico or by appropriated funds of the state, a county, a local government or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico , as permitted by federal law. “State or local health benefit” includes care or services for indigent persons or patients provided or funded pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act or the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.
Status: in_force
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