New Mexico § 23-4-3 - Eligibility for care; standards

§ 23-4-3. Eligibility for care; standards

A. Occupancy in the New Mexico state veterans' home and the Fort Bayard medical center

veterans' unit shall be for veterans of service in the armed forces of the United

States who have served on active duty pursuant to rules adopted by the secretary of

veterans' services consistent with federal guidelines. To be eligible for admission and continued occupancy, a veteran must be a citizen

of the United States who enlisted or was drafted, inducted or commissioned in the

armed forces of the United States, who was accepted for and assigned to active duty

in the armed forces and was not separated from the armed forces under circumstances

amounting to a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces. B. Additionally, no more than twenty-five percent of the occupancy in the New Mexico

state veterans' home shall consist of nonveterans from the following categories: (1) spouses; (2) surviving spouses; and (3) gold star parents, as defined in the Veterans' Services Department Act. C. Whenever a law, rule or regulation of the United States department of veterans

affairs or any other law permits the state to receive federal funds for the use and

benefit of the New Mexico state veterans' home, upon acceptance of a veteran of the

armed forces of the United States not meeting the requirements of Subsection A of

this section, the New Mexico veterans' home advisory board may adopt rules to authorize

such veteran's acceptance.