2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 2 - Public Assistance Act
Section 27-2-12.11 - Prescription drug waiver program; purpose; eligibility.
Subject to the availability of state funds and consistent with the federal Social Security Act, the human services department shall create a medicaid waiver program and may by regulation provide prescription drugs to persons whose incomes are less than one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level and who:
A. are sixty-five years of age or older; or
B. have been determined to be disabled under the criteria established under the federal social security administration's disability determination rules as applied by the department.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 34, § 1 and by Laws 2003, ch. 278, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the federal Social Security Act, see 7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2003, ch. 34, § 1 and Laws 2003, ch. 278, § 1 enacted identical new sections, both effective June 20, 2003.
