New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 281 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - INSTITUTIONAL CARE (CATEGORIES 081, 083 AND 084)
Part 510 - TRUST STANDARDS
Section 8.281.510.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

The New Mexico medicaid program is administered pursuant to regulations promulgated by the federal department of health and human services under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended and by the health care authority pursuant to state statute. See Sections 27-2-12 et seq., NMSA 1978. Section 9-8-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 establishes the health care authority (HCA) as a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions relating to health care facility licensure and health care purchasing and regulation.