2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 4 - Special Medical Needs
Section 27-4-3 - Persons with special needs.
A. The division shall by regulation establish a program to provide essential medical care for persons who are elderly or blind or who have a disability and who are not eligible for public assistance under the Public Assistance Act [27-2-1 NMSA 1978] and who have a serious medical condition that will as a reasonable medical probability lead to death in the near future.
B. Such medical condition shall be certified by an individual licensed under state law to practice medicine or osteopathy. The medical care shall be reviewed and approved according to regulations of the division.
History: 1953 Comp., § 13-15-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 311, § 3; 2007, ch. 46, § 21.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, made non-substantive language changes.
Law reviews. — For note, "Medical Benefits Awarded to an Illegal Alien: Perez v. Health and Social Services," see 9 N.M.L. Rev. 89 (1978-79).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Welfare Laws §§ 32 to 41.
81 C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 97, 102, 103, 126.
