Upon final hearing, judgment for the authority shall include all sums expended during the pendency of the action. When the authority recovers judgments under Chapter 27, Article 2 NMSA 1978, it may enforce, compromise or settle the judgments in any way considered by the authority to be in the public interest. Any proceeds of judgments or settlements shall be retained by the authority for its authorized activities and required reimbursements to the federal government. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-1-27.4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 66, § 4; 1978 Comp., § 27-2-31; 2024, ch. 39, § 81. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted references to the human services department and the department of public welfare with the health care authority regarding the management of judgments and the proceeds thereof; and substituted each occurrence of "department" with "authority" throughout the section, and after "When the" deleted "department of public welfare" and added "authority".
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