New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Part 4 - PRIMARY CARE CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM
Section 7.29.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Act" means the Primary Care Capital Funding Act (Sections 24-1C-1 to 24-1C-10 NMSA 1978).

B. "Agreement" means the document or documents signed by the Board and the Eligible Entity which specify the terms and conditions of obtaining Financial Assistance under the Program;

C. "Applicant" means an Eligible Entity which has filed a request for Financial Assistance with the Department and the Authority;

D. "Application" means a written document filed with the Department and the Authority by an Applicant for the purpose of obtaining Financial Assistance; an application may include a form prescribed by the Department and the Authority, written responses to requests for information by the Department and the Authority, or other format as determined by the Department and the Authority;

E. "Authority" means the New Mexico Finance Authority;

F. "Authorized Representative" means one or more individuals authorized by the governing body of an Eligible Entity to act on behalf of the Eligible Entity in connection with its application. An Authorized Representative may act on behalf of the Eligible Entity to the extent provided by law;

G. "Board" means the New Mexico Finance Authority Board;

H. "Capital Project" means repair, renovation or construction of a facility, purchase of land, or purchase of capital equipment;

I. "Contract for Services" means an agreement with an Eligible Entity to provide free or reduced fee Primary Care services for Sick and Medically Indigent persons as reasonably adequate legal consideration for money from the Fund to the Eligible Entity so it may acquire or construct a Capital Project to provide the services;

J. "Department" means the New Mexico Department of Health;

K. "Eligible Entity" means a community-based nonprofit Primary Care clinic or Hospice that operates in a rural or other Health Care Underserved Area of the State and that has assets totaling less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) and is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation for federal income tax purposes;

L. "Finance Committee" means a six-member body, three members appointed by the chairman of the Board from the members of the Board and/or the Authority staff and three members appointed by the Department;

M. "Financial Assistance" means loans, contracts for services, and any other type of assistance authorized by the Act, or a combination thereof, provided by the Authority to an Eligible Entity under the Program for the funding of a Capital Project;

N. "Fund" means the Primary Care Capital Fund;

O. "Health Care Underserved Area" (HCUA) means geographic areas, special populations or institutions designated by the Department as having identifiable need for health services. These designations may recognize need for either general or special health care services. State HCUA designations may give consideration to federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA).

P. "Hospice" means an organization, company, or any other entity which provides a Program of palliative and supportive services which provides physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for terminally ill patients and their family members in a Licensed Facility equipped and staffed to provide services on a twenty-four (24) hour basis.

Q. "Licensing Authority" means the Department.

R. "Licensed Facility" means facility licensed by the Department and complies with all applicable state and federal licensing requirements.

S. "Mid-level Provider" means licensed or certified non-physician Primary Care provider including physician assistant, nurse practitioner or nurse midwife.

T. "Primary Care" means the first level of basic or general health care for an individual's health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services; "Primary Care" includes the provision of mental health services if those services are integrated into the Eligible Entity's service array;

U. "Program" means the Primary Care Capital Project Finance Program authorized by the Act;

V. "Sick and Medically Indigent" means both those individuals below the federal poverty level not covered by private third party health care insurance and those individuals between 100% and 200% of federal poverty levels who are not covered by any private third party health insurance. Medically indigent individuals are usually expected to pay for some portion of the cost of their health care based upon the level of their income.