New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 21 / November 5, 2024
NOTICE
OF PUBLIC COMMENT
The United States Department of Health and Human Services
requires the New Mexico Health Care Authority to meet certain Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF) work participation requirements. To assist in meeting these requirements, federal
regulations (45 CFR 261.40) allow New Mexico to decrease its work participation
rate percentage by the number of percentage points that the FY 2023 caseload fell
in comparison to the FY 2005 caseload. This
is termed the TANF Caseload Reduction Credit.
The total Federal expenditures and Maintenance of Effort (MOE) expenditures
that are included in this report are subject to change due to fluctuations during
year end budget close out and increases in MOE funding.
The estimated changes and corresponding methodologies are
reported in the proposed TANF Caseload Reduction Credit Report which is available
on the New Mexico Health Care Authority website at: https://www.hca.nm.gov/lookingforinformation/income-support-division-registers-2/. If you do not have Internet access, a copy of the proposed
report may be requested by contacting Paula Garcia with the Income Support Division’s
Budget Bureau at paula.garcia@hca.nm.gov or (505) 699-3457. If you are a person with a disability and you
require this information in an alternative format, please contact the American Disabilities
Act Coordinator at (505) 827-7701 or through the New Mexico Relay system at 711
or toll free at 1-800-659-1779. The Department
requests at least a 10-day advance notice to provide the
requested alternative formats.
The proposed comment period will begin at 8:00 a.m. on
November 5, 2024, and end at 4:00 p.m. on December 5, 2024. Individuals wishing to comment on the TANF Caseload
Reduction Credit report should contact Paula Garcia, Health Care Authority, Income
Support Division, Budget Bureau at paula.garcia@hca.nm.gov.
Interested persons may address
written or recorded comments to:
Health Care Authority
Income Support Division
Budget Bureau
Attn:
Paula Garcia
P.O. Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348
Interested persons may also address
comments via electronic mail to:
hca-isdrules@hca.nm.gov