Section 27-2-12.11 - Prescription drug waiver program; purpose; eligibility. - New Mexico Statutes

27-2-12.11. Prescription drug waiver program; purpose; eligibility.

Subject to the availability of state funds and consistent with the federal Social Security Act, the human services department shall create a medicaid waiver program and may by regulation provide prescription drugs to persons whose incomes are less than one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level and who:   

A.     are sixty-five years of age or older; or   

B.     have been determined to be disabled under the criteria established under the federal social security administration's disability determination rules as applied by the department.