New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB405 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 405
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Linda M. López
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; CREATING THE BIPARTISAN BLUE
50	50	RIBBON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATUTORY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE
51	51	CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE; PROVIDING FOR
52	52	THE COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
53	53	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
54	54	SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] BIPARTISAN BLUE RIBBON
55	55	BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATUTORY REVIEW COMMITTEE CREATED--
56	56	MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--DUTIES.--
57	57	A. The "bipartisan blue ribbon behavioral health
58	58	statutory review committee" is created and shall function from
59	59	the date of its appointment until June 30, 2027.
60	60	B. The committee shall consist of subject matter
61	61	experts appointed by the New Mexico legislative council.
62	62	Committee members shall be adept at evaluating current New
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90	90	Mexico policies and practices for recommendations and
91	91	enhancements to ensure that marginalized populations receive
92	92	appropriate behavioral health care and support. The committee
93	93	shall appoint a "criminal justice policy collaborative task
94	94	force" that includes four representatives from each of the
95	95	judicial districts in New Mexico, two active district attorneys
96	96	and two active public defenders to advise the committee
97	97	regarding criminal-justice-involved practices needing
98	98	improvement in their respective judicial districts. These
99	99	recommendations shall also be based on successful, well-
100	100	established treatment law, policies and programs currently in
101	101	law in other states.
102	102	C. The committee shall elect a chair and such other
103	103	officers as it deems necessary to carry out its duties. The
104	104	committee shall meet at the call of the chair as necessary to
105	105	carry out its duties, but no less than twice a month. The
106	106	first meeting shall be held no later than July 1, 2025.
107	107	D. The committee shall propose statewide policies
108	108	and practices for trauma-informed adult, young adult and
109	109	juvenile treatment court programs. The committee's policy
110	110	recommendations shall address both addiction and mental health
111	111	treatment using assisted outpatient treatment and longer term
112	112	comprehensive inpatient care best practices.
113	113	E. The committee shall develop recommendations for
114	114	reform of New Mexico's behavioral health laws. To carry out
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143	143	this task, the committee shall examine New Mexico's behavioral
144	144	health laws, identify strengths and deficiencies and consider a
145	145	broad range of improvements that could be made to modernize the
146	146	behavioral health system. The committee shall submit a report
147	147	of its findings, including specific recommendations and
148	148	proposed legislation, to the governor, the appropriate interim
149	149	legislative committees and the supreme court commission on
150	150	mental health no later than October 1, 2026.
151	151	F. The committee shall hire or contract for expert
152	152	staff who are well-versed and have previous successful
153	153	experience working with legislators on behavioral treatment law
154	154	reform. Staff shall assist the committee as directed by the
155	155	chair, including conducting interviews with parties that wish
156	156	to express their views to the committee and synthesizing this
157	157	information for the committee. The committee may request
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159	159	G. A majority of the members appointed to the
160	160	committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
161	161	The support of a majority of the members appointed is required
162	162	for adoption of any recommendation of the committee.
163	163	H. Members of the committee and the criminal
164	164	justice policy collaborative task force who are not public
165	165	employees are entitled to per diem and mileage as provided in
166	166	the Per Diem and Mileage Act but shall receive no other
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196	196	SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thousand
197	197	dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
198	198	legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years
199	199	2026 and 2027 to carry out the provisions of this act,
200	200	including staff salaries and reimbursement of the per diem and
201	201	mileage expenses of the bipartisan blue ribbon behavioral
202	202	health statutory review committee and the criminal justice
203	203	policy collaborative task force. Any unexpended or
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