N.M. Stat. § 9-8-7.3

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 9-8-7.3 - [Renumbered Effective 7/1/2024]

To carry out the provisions of Subsection E of Section 9-8-7.1 NMSA 1978 and to provide behavioral health services to persons who are incarcerated in a county correctional facility:

A. the secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules:

(1) pursuant to which a county may apply for and be awarded funding through the department; and

(2) to establish priorities and guidelines for the award of funding to counties; and

B. the department shall distribute funds, as funding permits, to the county health care assistance funds of those counties:

(1) that apply for behavioral health services funding in accordance with department rules; and

(2) whose proposed utilization of funding pursuant to this section meets the priorities and guidelines for the awarding of behavioral health services funding established in department rules.

NMS § 9-8-7.3

Renumbered as § 24A-3-3 by 2024, c. 39,s. 45, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by 2023, c. 205,s. 10, eff. 6/13/2023.

Added by 2019, c. 222,s. 2, eff. 4/3/2019.