Counties, by their county commissioners, are authorized to make agreements with state or county agencies or other agencies for the care of sick and indigent persons. Such care shall be provided to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they meet all other qualifying criteria for such care. History: 1941 Comp., § 15-5006, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 148, § 6; 1953 Comp., § 15-48-6; 1978 Comp., § 4-48-5, recompiled as § 4-48B-8 by Laws 1981, ch. 83, § 8; 2021, ch. 127, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For indigent hospital and county health care, see Chapter 27, Article 5 NMSA 1978. The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2018, provided that the care of sick and indigent persons provided by counties, under agreements with state or county agencies, shall be provided to all non-citizens regardless of immigration status; and after 'sick and indigent persons', added 'Such care shall be provided to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if the meet all other qualifying criteria for such care.'
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