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Money Follows the Person Act - New Mexico

03/19/2006 | Requests *

Summary

The New Mexico legislature has passed the "Money Follows the Person Act" (MFP) allowing people with disabilities of all ages to choose community living. The passage of MFP dove-tails with federal legislation signed into law by President Bush in the Omnibus Budget bill. The New Mexico legislation will allow a person in a nursing facility to choose community living, and have the money that has supported the person in the facility to follow the person to the community.

Author

Available Files

Legislation PDF (44K, 2 pages)
Press Release HTML

Keywords

Nursing Facility Transition; House Bill 353;

Topic

Aging Issues, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Money Follows the Person, Physical Disabilities

Type/Tool

Announcement/Press Release, Legislation

Source

Grantee produced, New Mexico

State

New Mexico, All States/Territories

Date Created

03/21/2006

Contact

Jim Parker
Aging & Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD)

Jim.Parker@state.nm.us
505-476-4884

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1532

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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007

HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)