AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REQUIRING A RESPONSE FROM THE

HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO A RECIPIENT'S REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION ABOUT EXPIRATION OF PUBLIC BENEFITS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act

is enacted to read:

"ELIGIBLE PERSON ENTITLED TO INFORMATION.--A recipient

shall be provided with information about expiration of

medicaid or general assistance benefits when the recipient or

the recipient's guardian, custodian or other authorized

representative files a request for such information with the

human services department. The department shall respond to

the request within five business days of receipt of the

request made on a form the department shall devise and make

available to a recipient. The response shall be by physical

mail, electronic mail or facsimile or by access into a

department-authorized web site."

HB 234

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