0001| HOUSE BILL 571 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| VINCENT GALLEGOS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO COUNTY INDIGENT HEALTH CARE; PROVIDING FOR FUNDING | 0013| AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 27-5-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965, | 0017| Chapter 234, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "27-5-7. COUNTY INDIGENT HOSPITAL CLAIMS FUND.-- | 0019| A. There is created in the county treasury of each | 0020| county a "county indigent hospital claims fund". | 0021| B. Collections under the levy made pursuant to the | 0022| Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act and all payments | 0023| shall be placed into the fund, and the amount placed in the fund | 0024| shall be budgeted and expended only for the purposes specified | 0025| in the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act, by warrant | 0001| upon vouchers approved by a majority of the board and signed by | 0002| the chairman of the board. Payments for indigent | 0003| hospitalizations shall not be made from any other county fund. | 0004| C. The fund shall be audited in the manner that | 0005| other state and county funds are audited, and all records of | 0006| payments and verified statements of qualification upon which | 0007| payments were made from the fund shall be open to the public. | 0008| D. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of | 0009| the fiscal year [pursuant to Subsections F and G of this | 0010| section] shall carry over into the ensuing fiscal year and | 0011| [that balance] shall be taken into consideration in the | 0012| determination of the ensuing fiscal year's budget and | 0013| certification of need for purposes of making a tax levy. | 0014| E. Money may be transferred to the fund from other | 0015| sources, but no transfers may be made from the fund for any | 0016| purpose other than those specified in the Indigent Hospital and | 0017| County Health Care Act. | 0018| F. On June 30 of each fiscal year, beginning in | 0019| fiscal year 1996, the board [shall tranfer] may transfer | 0020| to the county-supported medicaid fund [that] any amount of | 0021| the balance in the county indigent hospital claims fund that | 0022| exceeds two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) or [that | 0023| exceeds the] an amount equal to thirty percent of the income | 0024| to the fund during that fiscal year, whichever is greater. | 0025| [Beginning in 1996, the] Any such transfer shall be made by | 0001| September 1 [of each] following the end of the fiscal year. | 0002| Any amount transferred to the county-supported medicaid fund | 0003| pursuant to this subsection is in addition to the county's | 0004| obligation pursuant to Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978." | 0005| Section 2. Section 27-5-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, | 0006| Chapter 321, Section 16) is amended to read: | 0007| "27-5-7.1. COUNTY INDIGENT HOSPITAL CLAIMS FUND--AUTHORIZED USES OF THE FUND.-- | 0008| A. The fund shall be used: | 0009| (1) to meet the county's contribution for | 0010| support of sole community provider payments as calculated by the | 0011| department for that county; [and] | 0012| (2) to pay all claims that have been approved | 0013| by the board that are not matched with federal funds under the | 0014| state medicaid program; and | 0015| (3) to pay health care provider claims for | 0016| primary care of indigent patients. | 0017| B. The fund may be used to meet the county's | 0018| obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978. | 0019| C. Until June 30, 1996, the cash reserves from the | 0020| fund may be used to meet the county's obligation under Section | 0021| 27-10-4 NMSA 1978." | 0022|  State of New Mexico | 0023| House of Representatives | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0001| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| February 7, 1996 | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Mr. Speaker: | 0008| | 0009| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0010| been referred | 0011| | 0012| HOUSE BILL 571 | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0016| | 0017| 1. On page 3, strike lines 15 and 16 in their entirety and | 0018| insert in lieu thereof: | 0019| | 0020| "(3) to pay all board-approved claims of community-based health program health care providers that provide primary | 0021| care to indigent patients, that meet the requirements specified in | 0022| Paragraph (5) of Subsection N of Section 27-5-4 NMSA 1978 and that | 0023| have a governing board, the majority of whose membership is | 0024| composed of consumer representatives from the area served."., | 0025| | 0001| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0002| COMMITTEE. | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote on Amendment #1 was 8 For 2 Against | 0005| Yes: 8 | 0006| No: Crook, Stell | 0007| Excused: Lovejoy, Porter, Sandel | 0008| Absent: None | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted Not Adopted | 0019| | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| Date | 0023| | 0024| The roll call vote was 8 For 2 Against | 0025| Yes: 8 | 0001| No: Sandoval, Stell | 0002| Excused: Hawkins, Lovejoy, Ryan | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| .111869.2/a | 0007| H0571TR1 |