Definitions
NMSA 1978, § 27-14-3
in effect27-14-3. Definitions
As used in the Medicaid False Claims Act:
A. "claim" means a written or electronically submitted request for payment of health care services pursuant to the medicaid program;
B. "department" or "authority" means the health care authority;
C. "medicaid" means the federal-state program administered by the health care authority pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act;
D. "medicaid recipient" means a person on whose behalf a person claims or receives a payment from the medicaid program, regardless of whether the person was eligible for the medicaid program; and
E. "qui tam" means an action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a recovery, part of which the state will receive.
Laws 2004, ch. 49, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 119.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18527/index.do#!b/27-14-3Fetched: 10/20/2026