N.M. Stat. § 27-2D-2

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 27-2D-2 - Definitions

As used in the Education Works Act:

A. "applicant" means a person applying for cash assistance on behalf of a benefit group;

B. "benefit group" means a pregnant woman or a group of people that includes a dependent child, all of that dependent child's full, half, step- or adopted siblings living with the dependent child's parent or relative within the fifth degree of consanguinity and the parent with whom the children live;

C. "cash assistance" means cash payments distributed by the authority pursuant to the Education Works Act;

D. "authority" or "department" means the health care authority;

E. "dependent child" means a natural, adopted stepchild or ward who is:

(1) seventeen years of age or younger;

(2) eighteen years of age and is enrolled in high school; or

(3) between eighteen and twenty-two years of age and is receiving special education services regulated by the public education department;

F. "director" means the director of the income support division of the authority;

G. "earned income" means cash or payment in kind that is received as wages from employment or payment in lieu of wages; and earnings from self-employment or earnings acquired from the direct provision of services, goods or property, production of goods, management of property or supervision of services;

H. "education works program" means the cash assistance, activities and services available to a recipient pursuant to the Education Works Act;

I. "federal act" means the federal Social Security Act and rules promulgated pursuant to the Social Security Act;

J. "federal poverty guidelines" means the level of income defining poverty by family size published annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services;

K. "parent" means natural parent, adoptive parent or stepparent;

L. "person" means an individual;

M. "recipient" means a person who receives cash assistance or services or a member of a benefit group who has reached the age of majority;

N. "secretary" means the secretary of health care authority;

O. "services" means child-care assistance; payment for education- or employment-related transportation costs; job search assistance; employment counseling; employment, education and job training placement; an annual payment for education-related costs; case management; or other activities whose purpose is to assist transition into employment;

P. "unearned income" means old age, survivors and disability insurance; railroad retirement benefits; veterans administration compensation or pension; military retirement; pensions, annuities and retirement benefits; lodge or fraternal benefits; shared shelter payments; settlement payments; individual Indian money; child support; unemployment compensation benefits; union benefits paid in cash; gifts and contributions; and real property income; and

Q. "vehicle" means a conveyance for the transporting of persons to or from employment or education for the activities of daily living or for the transportation of goods; "vehicle" does not include boats, trailers or mobile homes used as a principal place of residence.

NMS § 27-2D-2

Laws 2003, ch. 317, § 2; 2007, ch. 350, § 8; 2009, ch. 186, § 5.

Amended by 2024, c. 39,s. 91, eff. 7/1/2024.