New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 250 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHOSE INCOME EXCEEDS QMB AND SLIMB (CATEGORY 045)
Part 600 - BENEFIT DESCRIPTION
Section 8.250.600.6 - OBJECTIVE

The objective of the qualified individuals 1 (QI1s) eligibility is for New Mexico medicaid to provide the payment of the monthly medicare part B insurance premium for individuals with income between one hundred twenty percent and one hundred thirty-five percent of the federal poverty level and who are not otherwise receiving medicaid under any other category of eligibility. Individuals 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, individuals currently enrolled in the program will get the first opportunity to continue to receive benefits under this program.