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.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 222, § 2.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 222, § 2, contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 9 - Executive Department
Article 8 - Human Services Department
Section 9-8-4 - Department established.
Section 9-8-5 - Secretary of human services; appointment.
Section 9-8-6 - Secretary; duties and general powers.
Section 9-8-7.2 - Cooperation with the New Mexico health insurance exchange.
Section 9-8-7.3 - Incarcerated individuals; behavioral health services; county funding program.
Section 9-8-7.4 - Incarcerated individuals; behavioral health services; county funding program.
Section 9-8-8 - Administratively attached agencies.
Section 9-8-10 - Bureaus; chiefs.
Section 9-8-11 - Advisory committees.