A. To make disbursements and distributions pursuant to this section, the "health care authority reimbursement suspense fund" is created in the state treasury. B. When pursuing a claim arising under Section 27-2-23 or 27-2-28 NMSA 1978, in addition to other available alternatives, the authority may contract with a person to represent the authority on a contingent fee basis if the contract: (1) is approved by the attorney general; (2) provides that all amounts received by the contractor as satisfaction of the claim shall be transferred to the authority and deposited into the health care authority reimbursement suspense fund to the credit of the authority; and (3) provides that, upon the direction of the secretary, the compensation due to the contractor shall be disbursed from the suspense fund to the contractor. C. After a disbursement to a contractor pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of this section, the balance of each deposit into the health care authority reimbursement suspense fund shall be distributed to the general fund and shall be appropriated to the authority to reimburse the authority for the public assistance from which the claim arose and, if required, for reimbursing the federal government. History: Laws 2010, ch. 80, § 1; 2024, ch. 39, § 80. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, changed the name of the human services department reimbursement suspense fund to the health care authority reimbursement suspense fund, and substituted the health care authority for the human services department as the administrator of the reimbursement suspense fund; and substituted each occurrence of "human services department" or "department" with "health care authority" or "authority" throughout the section.
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