New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 250 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME EXCEEDS QMB AND SLIMB (CATEGORY 045)
Part 400 - RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 8.250.400.9 - QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS 1 (QI1s) - CATEGORY 042

Medical assistance division (MAD) pays the monthly medicare Part B insurance premium for eligible recipients with income between 120 percent and 135 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) who are not otherwise eligible for another medical assistance program category of eligibility (QI1s). A QI1 recipient must be covered by medicare Part A. The Part A insurance is a free entitlement to social security beneficiaries who are 65 years of age or older or who have received social security disability payments for 24 months. Fully or currently insured workers, or their dependents, with end-stage renal disease are also covered under medicare. Eligible recipients will be served on a first come, first served basis, contingent upon availability of federal funds. Eligibility will be offered to individuals on a yearly basis. After 1998, eligible recipients currently enrolled in the program will get the first opportunity to continue to receive benefits under this program.