New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 24 / December 28, 2021
This is an amendment
to 8.296.500 NMAC, Sections 8, 10, 11 and 12, effective 1/1/2022.
8.296.500.8 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.
[8.296.500.8
NMAC - Rp, 8.296.500.8 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]
8.296.500.10 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 other adult medicaid, the total countable
income of the budget group must be less than [133] one hundred and
thirty-three percent of the federal poverty guidelines found at 8.291.430
NMAC.
[8.296.500.10 NMAC - Rp,
8.296.500.10 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]
8.296.500.11 INCOME ELIGIBILITY: [Income from a 30 day-period is used to
determine eligibility. Income from a
terminated source is not counted even in the month of application. 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 to determine a modified
adjusted gross income for financial eligibility. For the purposes of this calculation, a
partial month is considered to be one full month. 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.
[8.296.500.11
NMAC - Rp, 8.296.500.11 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]
8.296.500.12 DISREGARD: An income disregard according to 8.291.430
NMAC will be given only to individuals whose countable MAGI income is at or
above [133] one hundred and thirty-three percent of federal
poverty level for the size of the budget group.
[8.296.500.12 NMAC - Rp, 8.296.500.12 NMAC, 1/1/2014; A, 1/1/2022]