27-5-7.1: County health care assistance fund; authorized uses of the fund.

A. The fund may be used to pay for:

(1) expenses of burial or cremation of an indigent person;

(2) ambulance transportation, hospital care and health care services for indigent patients;

(3) all or a portion of the:

(a) monthly premiums of public or private health insurance or coverage for indigent patients; or

(b) out-of-pocket costs, including copayments and deductibles, incurred by indigent patient insureds pursuant to the terms of a public or private health insurance policy or coverage plan; or

(4) county administrative expenses associated with fund expenditures authorized in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.

B. The fund may be used to meet a county's obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978.