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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27: Public Assistance
Article 2: Public Assistance Act, 27-2-1 through 27-2-47
Section 27-2-16: Compliance with federal law.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 27-2-16 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis)
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27-2-16. Compliance with federal law.

A. Subject to the availability of state funds, the human services department may provide assistance to aged, blind or disabled individuals in the amounts consistent with federal law to enable the state to be eligible for medicaid funding. Individuals shall be determined to be aged, blind or disabled according to regulations of the human services department.

B. If drug product selection is permitted by Section 26-3-3 NMSA 1978, reimbursement by the medicaid program shall be limited to the wholesale cost of the lesser expensive therapeutic equivalent drug generally available in New Mexico plus a reasonable dispensing fee of at least three dollars sixty-five cents ($3.65).

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