New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB382 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 382
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Stefani Lord and John Block
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO CHILDREN; AMENDING THE FAMILY IN NEED OF COURT-
50	50	ORDERED SERVICES ACT; EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF "FAMILY IN
51	51	NEED OF COURT-ORDERED SERVICES"; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. Section 32A-3B-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
54	54	Chapter 77, Section 74, as amended) is amended to read:
55	55	"32A-3B-2. [DEFINITIONS ] DEFINITION.--As used in [Chapter
56	56	32A, Article 3B NMSA 1978 ] the Family in Need of Court-Ordered
57	57	Services Act, "family in need of court-ordered services" means
58	58	the child or the family has refused family services or the
59	59	department has exhausted appropriate and available family
60	60	services and court intervention is necessary to provide family
61	61	services to the child or family and it is a family:
62	62	A. whose child, subject to compulsory school
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90	90	attendance, is absent from school without an authorized excuse
91	91	more than ten days during a school year;
92	92	B. whose child is absent from the child's place of
93	93	residence for a time period of twelve hours or more without
94	94	consent of the child's parent, guardian or custodian;
95	95	C. whose child refuses to return home and there is
96	96	good cause to believe that the child will run away from home if
97	97	forced to return to the parent, guardian or custodian;
98	98	D. in which the child's parent, guardian or
99	99	custodian refuses to allow the child to return home and a
100	100	petition alleging neglect of the child is not in the child's
101	101	best interests; [or]
102	102	E. in which the child's parent, guardian or
103	103	custodian was investigated by the department and the department
104	104	found credible evidence that the child is an abused child or a
105	105	neglected child as provided in the Abuse and Neglect Act; or
106	106	[E.] F. whose child is:
107	107	(1) alleged to be engaged in an act that would
108	108	be designated as prostitution if committed by an adult; or
109	109	(2) a victim of human trafficking as defined
110	110	in Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978."
111	111	SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars
112	112	($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
113	113	administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal
114	114	year 2026 to assist the administrative office of the courts in
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143	143	expanding the scope of the Family in Need of Court-Ordered
144	144	Services Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
145	145	at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general
146	146	fund.
147	147	SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
148	148	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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