§ 27-5-11 NMSA 1978

Qualifying hospital duties and reporting

Known as the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act

The act spans §§ 27–27 (26 sections).

1953 Comp., § 13-2-23, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 234, § 12; 1983, ch. 234, § 4; 1993, ch. 321, § 10; 2003, ch. 413, § 4; 2014, ch. 79, § 12.

A. A qualifying hospital shall accept every indigent patient who seeks health care services from the qualifying hospital.

B. Qualifying hospitals shall:

have written financial assistance policies that are publicized.

D. [C.] Within thirty days of receiving a payment from the safety net care pool, a qualifying hospital shall report the amount of such payment to the county within which it is located.

E. [D.] In addition to the report required in Subsection D of this section, a qualifying hospital shall annually report to the county within which it is located the total costs of health care services provided in the previous calendar year.

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.