New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 321 - SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Part 7 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM
Section 8.321.7.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Act" means the Behavioral Health Capital Funding Act (Sections 6-26-1 to 6-26-8 NMSA 1978).

B. "Agreement" means the document or documents signed by the board and the eligible entity receiving a loan that specifies the terms and conditions of obtaining the loan under the program.

C. "Applicant" means an eligible entity that has filed a request for a loan with the department and the authority.

D. "Application" means a written document filed with the department and the authority by an applicant for the purpose of obtaining a loan. An application may include a form prescribed by the department and the authority, written responses to requests for information by the department and the authority, or other format as determined by the department and the authority.

E. "Application committee" means a six-member body, three members appointed by the chief executive officer of the authority from the authority staff and three members appointed by the department from the department staff.

F. "Authority" means the New Mexico finance authority.

G. "Authorizedrepresentative" means one or more individuals authorized by the governing body of an eligible entity to act on behalf of the eligible entity in connection with its application. An authorized representative may act on behalf of the eligible entity to the extent provided by law.

H. "Behavioral health care" means a comprehensive array of professional and ancillary services for the treatment of mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders or trauma spectrum disorders.

I. "Behavioral health service provider" means an individual or an agency licensed or certified by or receiving funds under contract with the New Mexico health care authority for the provision of behavioral health services.

J. "Behavioral health care facility" means a facility operated by a behavioral health service provider.

K. "Board" means the New Mexico finance authority board, as created by and set forth in the bylaws of the authority.

L. "Department" means the New Mexico health care authority.

M. "Eligible entity" means a provider that meets the statutory definition of "eligible entity" provided for in the act.

N. "Loan" means a loan made by the authority to an applicant under the program for the funding of a project.

O. "Fund" means the behavioral health capital fund.

P. "Program" means the behavioral health capital fund program authorized by the act.

Q. "Project" means repair, renovation or construction of a behavioral health care facility, purchase of land, or the acquisition of capital equipment of a long-term nature. The following items shall be eligible or ineligible for purposes of funding through a loan:

R. "Sick and medically indigent" means both those individuals below the federal poverty level not covered by private third party health care insurance and those individuals between one hundred percent and two hundred percent of federal poverty levels who are not covered by any private third party health insurance. Medically indigent individuals are usually expected to pay for some portion of the cost of their health care based upon the level of their income.