A recipient shall be provided with information about expiration of medicaid or general assistance benefits when the recipient or the recipient's guardian, custodian or other authorized representative files a request for such information with the human services department. The department shall respond to the request within five business days of receipt of the request made on a form the department shall devise and make available to a recipient. The response shall be by physical mail, electronic mail or facsimile or by access into a department-authorized web site.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 88, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For medical assistance programs, see 27-2-12 NMSA 1978.
Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 88, contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.