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§ 27-4-2 NMSA 1978

Definitions

Known as the Special Medical Needs Act

The act spans §§ 27–27 (5 sections).

1953 Comp., § 13-15-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 311, § 2; 1977, ch. 252, § 20; 2007, ch. 46, § 20; 2024, ch. 39, § 98.

As used in the Special Medical Needs Act:

A. "department" or "division" means the income support division of the health care authority;

B. "board" means the division;

C. "aged person" means a person who has attained the age of sixty-five years and does not have a spouse financially able, according to rules of the division, to furnish support;

D. "person with a disability" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years and is determined to have a permanent and total disability, according to rules of the division; and

E. "blind person" means a person who is determined to be blind according to rules of the division.

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.