2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4: Counties
Article 48B: Hospital Funding, 4-48B-1 through 4-48B-29
Section 4-48B-14: Payment of charges; persons committed by district court.
4-48B-14. Payment of charges; persons committed by district court.
A. Charges for care, treatment and services for any person sent by order of a district court to any county hospital or municipally owned hospital serving as a county hospital which is located outside the county of commitment shall be paid:
(1) by the patient, if he is able to pay; or
(2) by the county from which the patient was committed.
B. When a county is required by this section to pay such charges to another county, it shall levy and collect assessments as provided in the Hospital Funding Act [Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978].
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