Any recovery from an estate may be made only after the death of the decedent's surviving spouse, if any, and only at a time when the decedent has no surviving child who is less than twenty-one years of age or is blind or disabled as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1383C.
§ 27-2A-7 NMSA 1978
Restrictions on recovery from estates
Known as the Medicaid Estate Recovery Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (9 sections).
Laws 1994, ch. 87, § 7.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.