44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; EXCLUDING COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY PROGRAMS FROM THE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROGRAM; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 27-2-12.6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 62, Section 22) is amended to read:
"27-2-12.6. MEDICAID PAYMENTS--MANAGED CARE.--
A. Except as provided in Subsections C and D of this
section, the department shall provide for a statewide, managed
care system to provide cost-efficient, preventive, primary and
acute care for medicaid recipients [by July 1, 1995].
B. The managed care system shall ensure:
(1) access to medically necessary services, particularly for medicaid recipients with chronic health problems;
(2) to the extent practicable, maintenance of the rural primary care delivery infrastructure;
(3) that the department's approach is consistent with national and state health care reform principles; and
(4) to the maximum extent possible, that medicaid-eligible individuals are not identified as such except as necessary for billing purposes.
C. The department may exclude from the provisions of
this section nursing homes, [intermediate care facilities for
the mentally retarded] medicaid in-home and community-based
waiver services and residential and community-based mental
health services for children with serious emotional disorders
[from the provisions of this section].
D. The department shall exclude from the provisions of this section intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, developmental disability in-home and community-based medicaid waiver services, developmental disability early intervention services, developmental disability early intervention case management services and developmental disability services for children and adults."
Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.