TITLE 8 SOCIAL SERVICES

CHAPTER 150 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

PART 624 RETROACTIVE BENEFIT COVERAGE

8.150.624.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Health Care Authority.

[8.150.624.1 NMAC - Rp 8.150.624.1 NMAC, 7/1/2024]

8.150.624.2 SCOPE: The rule applies to the general public.

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8.150.624.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 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. It also provides for administration of public assistance programs.

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8.150.624.4 DURATION: Permanent.

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8.150.624.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: July1, 2024, unless a different date is at the end of a section.

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8.150.624.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of these regulations is to provide policy and procedures for the administration of the low income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP).

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8.150.624.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

8.150.624.8 RETROACTIVE BENEFIT COVERAGE: Households that were denied LIHEAP benefits or received a lesser benefit than they were entitled to but, as the result of an agency conference or fair hearing, are determined to be entitled to a benefit will be issued a retroactive benefit.

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HISTORY OF 8.150.624 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives:

ISD 600.0000, Energy Assistance Programs, 11/12/1982.

ISD 600.0000, Low Income Energy Assistance Program, 1/9/1984.

ISD 710.0000, Energy Assistance Programs, 11/15/1985.

ISD 620.0000, Crisis Intervention Assistance, 11/12/1982.

ISD 620.0000, Energy Crisis Intervention Assistance, 12/27/1983.

ISD 714.0000, Energy Crisis Intervention, 11/20/1985.

ISD 630.0000, Program Administration, 11/12/1982.

ISD 630.0000, Program Administration, 12/27/1983.

ISD 715.0000, Administration of Energy Assistance Programs, 11/20/1985.

ISD FA 710, Energy Assistance Programs, 12/5/1989.

ISD CAS 700, Energy Assistance Program, 11/13/1991.

ISD CAS 700, Energy Assistance Program, 11/10/1992.

ISD/CACB/LHP 700, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 5/6/1994.

ISD/CACB/LHP 700, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 7/28/1994.

History of Repealed Material: 8.150.624 NMAC - Retroactive Benefit Coverage (filed 9/17/2001), Repealed effective 7/1/2024.

Other: 8.150.624 NMAC - Retroactive Benefit Coverage (filed 9/17/2001), Replaced by 8.150.624 NMAC - Retroactive Benefit Coverage, effective 7/1/2024.