New Mexico § 24-1-5.9 - Reporting requirements

§ 24-1-5.9. Reporting requirements

A. A hospital, a long-term care facility or a primary care clinic shall provide information

sufficient for the secretary to make a reasonable assessment based on clear and convincing

evidence of its financial viability, sustainability and potential impact on health

care access. Information provided to the secretary pursuant to this section shall remain confidential,

is exempt from the Inspection of Public Records Act, unless disclosure or use is mandated

by the state or federal law, and shall not be used as a basis for suspension, revocation

or issuance of a license. The hospital, long-term care facility or primary care clinic shall provide this

information to the secretary at least sixty days before the anticipated effective

date of a proposed licensure, closure, disposition or acquisition of the hospital,

the long-term care facility or the primary care clinic or its essential services. B. The secretary shall issue a notice of finding to the facility within sixty days

of receiving information from the facility. C. For the purposes of this section: (1) “ hospital ” means a facility providing emergency or urgent care, inpatient medical care and

nursing care for acute illness, injury, surgery or obstetrics. “ Hospital ” includes a facility licensed by the department as a critical access hospital, general

hospital, long-term acute care hospital, psychiatric hospital, rehabilitation hospital,

limited services hospital and special hospital; (2) “ long-term care facility ” means a nursing home licensed by the department to provide intermediate or skilled

nursing care; and (3) “ primary care clinic ” means a community-based clinic that provides the first level of basic or general

health care for an individual's health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services

and, if integrated into the clinic's service array, mental health services.