New Mexico Statutes Chapter 27. Public Assistance § 27-5-16. Department; payments; cooperation; reporting

A. The department shall not decrease the amount of any assistance payments made to the hospitals or health care providers of this state pursuant to law because of any financial reimbursement made to ambulance services, hospitals or health care providers for indigent or medicaid eligible patients as provided in the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.

B. The department shall cooperate with each county in furnishing information or assisting in the investigation of any person to determine whether the person meets the qualifications of an indigent patient as defined in the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.

C. The department shall provide an annual report to each county and each qualifying hospital on the previous calendar year's payments from the safety net care pool for uncompensated care to qualifying hospitals and estimated payments of enhanced medicaid base rates. The annual report for the previous year shall be provided by July 1 of the succeeding year.