2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 27-5-3 — Public assistance provisions.

27-5-3. Public assistance provisions.

A.     A hospital shall not be paid from the fund under the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act [Chapter 27, Article 5 NMSA 1978] for costs of an indigent patient for services that have been determined by the department to be eligible for medicaid reimbursement. However, nothing in the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act shall be construed to prevent the board from transferring money from the fund to the sole community provider fund or the county-supported medicaid fund for support of the state medicaid program.   

B.     No action for collection of claims under the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act [Chapter 27, Article 5 NMSA 1978] shall be allowed against an indigent patient who is medicaid eligible for medicaid covered services, nor shall action be allowed against the person who is legally responsible for the care of the indigent patient during the time that person is medicaid eligible.