0001| SENATE BILL 1035
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| PATRICK H. LYONS
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO HEALTH; ALLOWING USE OF THE COUNTY INDIGENT
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0012| HOSPITAL CLAIMS FUND FOR RETENTION OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN
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0013| CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 27-5-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017| Chapter 321, Section 16) is amended to read:
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0018| "27-5-7.1. COUNTY INDIGENT HOSPITAL CLAIMS FUND--
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0019| AUTHORIZED USES OF THE FUND.--
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0020| A. The fund shall be used:
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0021| (1) to meet the county's contribution for
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0022| support of sole community provider payments as calculated by
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0023| the department for that county; and
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0024| (2) to pay all claims that have been approved
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0025| by the board that are not matched with federal funds under the
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0001| state medicaid program.
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0002| B. The fund may be used to meet the county's
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0003| obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978.
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0004| [C. Until June 30, 1996, the cash reserves from
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the fund may be used to meet the county's obligation under
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Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978.]
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0007| C. In a county with a critical shortage of general
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0008| practitioners, the fund may be used to reimburse a hospital or
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0009| health care provider for payments made to ensure the continued
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0010| availability of a general practitioner, residing and working in
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0011| the county, to provide medical services to the indigent of the
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0012| county."
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