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Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-4 > Article-48b > Section-4-48b-144-48B-14. Payment of charges; persons committed by district court.
A. Charges for care, treatment and services for any person sent by order of a district court to any county hospital or municipally owned hospital serving as a county hospital which is located outside the county of commitment shall be paid:
(1) by the patient, if he is able to pay; or
(2) by the county from which the patient was committed.
B. When a county is required by this section to pay such charges to another county, it shall levy and collect assessments as provided in the Hospital Funding Act [Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978].