Article Publication Date:
3/19/2006
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.
Topics:
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Types/Tools:
Sources:
Grantee produced
New Mexico
Programs/Initiatives:
Money Follows the Person
States:
Keywords:
Nursing Facility Transition
House Bill 353;
Contact
Jim Parker
Aging & Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD)
Jim.Parker@state.nm.us
Phone:
505-476-4884
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50866