N.M. Admin. Code § 8.321.7.7 - DEFINITIONS
A.
"Act" means the Behavioral Health Capital Funding Act (Sections
6-26-1 to
6-26-8 NMSA 1978).
B.
"Agreement" means the
document or documents signed by the board and the eligible entity receiving a
loan that specifies the terms and conditions of obtaining the loan under the
program.
C.
"Applicant" means an eligible entity that has filed a request for
a loan with the department and the authority.
D.
"Application" means a written
document filed with the department and the authority by an applicant for the
purpose of obtaining a loan. An application may include a form prescribed by
the department and the authority, written responses to requests for information
by the department and the authority, or other format as determined by the
department and the authority.
E.
"Application committee" means a six-member body, three members
appointed by the chief executive officer of the authority from the authority
staff and three members appointed by the department from the department
staff.
F.
"Authority"
means the New Mexico finance authority.
G.
"Authorizedrepresentative"
means one or more individuals authorized by the governing body of an eligible
entity to act on behalf of the eligible entity in connection with its
application. An authorized representative may act on behalf of the eligible
entity to the extent provided by law.
H.
"Behavioral health care"
means a comprehensive array of professional and ancillary services for the
treatment of mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders or trauma spectrum
disorders.
I.
"Behavioral
health service provider" means an individual or an agency licensed or
certified by or receiving funds under contract with the New Mexico health care
authority for the provision of behavioral health services.
J.
"Behavioral health care
facility" means a facility operated by a behavioral health service
provider.
K.
"Board"
means the New Mexico finance authority board, as created by and set forth in
the bylaws of the authority.
L.
"Department" means the New Mexico health care
authority.
M.
"Eligible
entity" means a provider that meets the statutory definition of
"eligible entity" provided for in the act.
N.
"Loan" means a loan made by
the authority to an applicant under the program for the funding of a
project.
O.
"Fund"
means the behavioral health capital fund.
P.
"Program" means the
behavioral health capital fund program authorized by the act.
Q.
"Project" means repair,
renovation or construction of a behavioral health care facility, purchase of
land, or the acquisition of capital equipment of a long-term nature. The
following items shall be eligible or ineligible for purposes of funding through
a loan:
(1) eligible for funding:
(a) building, construction,
renovation;
(b) land;
(c) project planning and design;
(d) purchase of capital equipment;
(2) ineligible for funding:
(a) purchase of office supplies;
(b) general operating expenses.
R.
"Sick and
medically indigent" means both those individuals below the federal
poverty level not covered by private third party health care insurance and
those individuals between one hundred percent and two hundred percent of
federal poverty levels who are not covered by any private third party health
insurance. Medically indigent individuals are usually expected to pay for some
portion of the cost of their health care based upon the level of their
income.
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