New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 24 / December 28, 2021
This is an amendment
to 8.294.500 NMAC, Sections 8, 10, 12 and 13, effective 1/1/2022.
8.294.500.8 MISSION: [To reduce the impact of poverty on people
living in New Mexico by providing support services that help families break the
cycle of dependency on public assistance.] To transform lives. Working with our partners, we design and
deliver innovative, high quality health and human services that improve the
security and promote independence for New Mexicans in their communities.
[8.294.500.8 NMAC - Rp, 8.294.500.8 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]
8.294.500.10 INCOME STANDARD:
A. Financial eligibility: An individual's financial eligibility is based on the rules in this chapter and 8.291.430 NMAC.
B. Income
test: In order to become eligible for
pregnancy medicaid, the total countable income of the budget group must be less
than [250] two hundred and fifty percent of the federal poverty
guidelines found at 8.291.430 NMAC.
[8.294.500.10 NMAC - Rp, 8.294.500.10 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]
8.294.500.12 INCOME ELIGIBILITY: [Income from a 30 day-period is used
to determine eligibility. Income from a
terminated source is not counted. If an
amount of income is received less frequently than monthly, that amount is
converted by dividing the total income by the number of months the income is
intended to cover. Income received more
frequently than monthly will be converted using the following multipliers:
A. four
(paid weekly);
B. two
(paid biweekly/semi-monthly).] Income
methodology is based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) in accordance
with 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 435.603. Per 42 CFR 435.603(h)(2) HSD bases financial
eligibility on current monthly household income and family size. Current monthly household income is defined
as a 30-day period. If an amount
of income is received less frequently than monthly, that amount is converted by
dividing the total income by the number of months the income is intended to cover.
[8.294.500.12 NMAC - Rp, 8.294.500.12 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]
8.294.500.13 DISREGARDS: An income disregard according to 8.291.430 NMAC
will be given only to individuals whose countable MAGI income is at or above [250]
two hundred and fifty percent of the federal poverty level for the size
of the budget group.
[8.294.500.13 NMAC - Rp, 8.294.500.13 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]