Qualifying hospitals and hospitals with which a county contracts to provide for the services of indigent patients shall provide those services for indigent patients, including financial assistance, to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they meet all other qualifying criteria for such services.
§ 27-5-5.2 NMSA 1978
Nondiscrimination; indigent patients
Known as the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (26 sections).
Laws 2021, ch. 127, § 4.
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.