New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 281 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - INSTITUTIONAL CARE (CATEGORIES 081, 083 AND 084)
Part 510 - TRUST STANDARDS
Section 8.281.510.16 - DOCUMENTATION OF TRUSTS AND TRUST RECORDS
Applicants/recipients shall disclose the existence of any trust to which they have contributed income, resources, or are a beneficiary. Upon learning of the existence of a trust, the ISD caseworker must obtain a copy of the trust document, including all attachments, and forward it to the MAD eligibility unit so that it may be reviewed by MAD for a determination on how the trust may affect medicaid eligibility. Trust records shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by the department and copies shall be provided upon the request of an authorized representative of the department. The department shall not be charged any fees or costs associated with providing trust records to the department. Any records relating to a trust that are sealed by a court order or settlement agreement shall be produced to the department by the applicant/recipient or trustee upon request. Failure to provide such records will result in the presumption that the applicant/recipient's trust is a countable resource that exceeds the resource limitation at 8.281.500 NMAC.