New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 311 - HOSPITAL SERVICES
Part 3 - METHODS AND STANDARDS FOR ESTABLISHING PAYMENT - INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
Section 8.311.3.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

The New Mexico medicaid program and other health care programs are administered pursuant to regulations promulgated by the federal department of health and human services under the Social Security Act as amended or by state statute. See Section 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.