County health care assistance fund; authorized uses of

the fund. A. The fund may be used to pay for: (1) expenses of burial or cremation of an indigent person; (2) ambulance transportation, hospital care and health care services for indigent patients; (3) all or a portion of the: (a) monthly premiums of public or private health insurance or coverage for indigent patients; or (b) out-of-pocket costs, including copayments and deductibles, incurred by indigent patient insureds pursuant to the terms of a public or private health insurance policy or coverage plan; or (4) county administrative expenses associated with fund expenditures authorized in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection. B. The fund may be used to meet a county's obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1993, ch. 321, § 16; 2001, ch. 307, § 2; 2014, ch. 79, § 10; 2025, ch. 139, § 1.