TITLE 8 SOCIAL SERVICES

CHAPTER 100 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

PART 120 GENERAL OPERATING POLICIES - CASE MANAGEMENT

8.100.120.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Health Care Authority.

[8.100.120.1 NMAC - Rp 8.100.120.1 NMAC, 7/1/2024]

8.100.120.2 SCOPE: The rule applies to the general public.

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8.100.120.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

A. Section 27 NMSA 1978 (1992 Repl.) provides for the health care authority to "...adopt, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations..." It also provides for administration of public assistance programs.

B. The income support division (ISD) of the health care authority (HCA) was created by the HCA secretary under authority granted by Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of Section 9-8-6 NMSA 1978.

C. Section 9-8-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 establishes the health care authority (HCA) as a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions relating to health care facility licensure and health care purchasing and regulation.

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8.100.120.4 DURATION: Permanent.

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8.100.120.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

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8.100.120.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of these regulations is to provide general policy and procedures for income support division (ISD) administered programs.

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8.100.120.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

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8.100.120.8 CASE ASSIGNMENT: County directors are responsible for equitable and efficient assignment of assistance cases.

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8.100.120.9 REVIEWS: County directors and ISS supervisors conduct case reviews as directed by their district operations managers.

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History of 8.100.120 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: [RESERVED]

History of Repealed Material:

8 NMAC 3.ISD.120, General Operating Policies, Case Management - Repealed, 7/1/1997.

8.100.120 NMAC - General Operating Policies - Case Management - Applications (filed 3/26/2001) Repealed, effective 7/1/2024.

Other: 8.100.120 NMAC - General Operating Policies - Case Management - Applications (filed 3/26/2001) Replaced by 8.100.120 NMAC - General Operating Policies - Case Management - Applications effective 7/1/2024.