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SENATE BILL 238
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
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2025
INTRODUCED BY
Mimi Stewart
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
PREVENTION PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--
A. One million four hundred fifty thousand dollars
($1,450,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2026
for a youth behavioral health prevention project offered
through a multi-component digital platform. Any unexpended or
unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026
shall revert to the general fund.
B. The department's request for proposals shall
require that:
(1) the proposed platform provide online
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behavioral health education resources, pre-moderated peer-to-
peer support services and online private sessions with state-
licensed behavioral health professionals; and
(2) the provider of the platform must possess
demonstrated experience providing services described in the
request for proposals to public school students in other
states.
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