New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 7 / April 5, 2022
This is an amendment to 8.293.600 NMAC, Section 8, 9 and
10, effective 4/5/2022.
8.293.600.8 [RESERVED] MISSION: To transform lives. Working with
our partners, we design and deliver innovative, high quality health and human
services that improve the security and promote independence for New Mexicans in
their communities.
[8.293.600.8 NMAC -
Rp, 8.293.600.8 NMAC, 1/1/2019; A, 4/5/2022]
8.293.600.9 BENEFIT DESCRIPTION: [This
category provides the full range of medicaid coverage for pregnant women.] This
category provides the full range of medicaid coverage for the duration of the
pregnancy and for the 12-month postpartum period.
[8.293.600.9 NMAC - Rp, 8.293.600.9 NMAC, 1/1/2019;
A, 4/5/2022]
8.293.600.10 BENEFIT
DETERMINATION: The HSD income
support division (ISD) determines initial and ongoing eligibility. Refer to affordable care general provision
chapters located at 8.291.400 through 8.291.430 NMAC for eligibility
requirements. [A woman eligible for
pregnancy medicaid remains eligible throughout her pregnancy and for a 60 day
postpartum period. The postpartum period
begins on the date the pregnancy ends, extends 60 days, and then ends on the
last day of the month in which the 60 day period ends per 42 CFR 435.4.] An individual eligible for pregnant women medicaid
remains eligible throughout the pregnancy and for a 12-month postpartum period
in accordance with 8.291.400.14 NMAC.
Retroactive medicaid coverage is provided in accordance with
8.200.400.14 NMAC.
[8.293.600.10
NMAC - Rp, 8.293.600.10 NMAC, 1/1/2019;
A, 4/5/2022]