Section 4-48B-14 - Payment of charges; persons committed by district court. - New Mexico Statutes

4-48B-14. Payment of charges; persons committed by district court.

A.     Charges for care, treatment and services for any person sent by order of a district court to any county hospital or municipally owned hospital serving as a county hospital which is located outside the county of commitment shall be paid:   

(1)     by the patient, if he is able to pay; or   

(2)     by the county from which the patient was committed.   

B.     When a county is required by this section to pay such charges to another county, it shall levy and collect assessments as provided in the Hospital Funding Act [Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978].