{"data":{"id":"us-nm/27-5-7.1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"27-5-7.1","heading":"County health care assistance fund; authorized uses of the fund.","body":"A. The fund may be used to pay for:\n(1) expenses of burial or cremation of an indigent person;\n(2) ambulance transportation, hospital care and health care services for indigent patients;\n(3) all or a portion of the:\n(a) monthly premiums of public or private health insurance or coverage for indigent patients; or\n(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\n(4) county administrative expenses associated with fund expenditures authorized in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.\nB. The fund may be used to meet a county's obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978.","path":["Chapter 27 - Public Assistance","ARTICLE 5 Indigent Hospital and County Health Care"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18527/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"0e8f38a9c68de26de3df6b20690841f37699966bc99c882668faea541106cba0","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/27-5-7","next":"us-nm/27-5-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}