New Mexico Statutes Chapter 6. Public Finances § 6-8A-7. Treatment of accounts under federal means-tested programs

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of federal law that requires consideration of one or more financial circumstances of a person when determining eligibility to receive benefits or determining the amount of assistance, such provisions shall not apply to a designated beneficiary except that, in the case of the supplemental security income program under Title 16 of the federal Social Security Act:  1

B. The benefits of a designated beneficiary under the supplemental security income program under Title 16 of the federal Social Security Act shall not be terminated, but shall be suspended, by reason of excess resources of the designated beneficiary attributable to an amount in the account, within the meaning of Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,  2as amended.