{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-40-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-40-5","heading":"Unlawful seeking [of] payment from public assistance recipients.","body":"A. Unlawful seeking [of] payment from public assistance recipients consists of knowingly seeking payment from recipients or their families for any unpaid portion of a bill for which reimbursement has been or will be received from the human services department [health care authority department] or for claims or services denied by the human services department [health care authority department] because of provider [the provider's] administrative error.\nB. Whoever commits unlawful seeking [of] payment from [a] public assistance recipient is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 40 Public Assistance"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"34de3b6b35d2ae299f37ce6f23c2eab930f7b5e180952276dc26914741d272d7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-40-4","next":"us-nm/30-40-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}