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New Mexico Senate Bill SB432

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

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2828 SENATE BILL 432
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4646 INTRODUCED BY
4747 Steve D. Lanier and Pat Woods
4848 AN ACT
4949 RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; CREATING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
5050 GRANT PROGRAM AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM FUND;
5151 MAKING DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM
5252 FUND FROM NET RECEIPTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX
5353 AND THE CANNABIS EXCISE TAX; DISTRIBUTING A PORTION OF THE
5454 LIQUOR EXCISE TAX TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE
5555 MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND
5656 SERVICES FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND SCREENING OF
5757 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
5858 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
5959 SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT
6060 PROGRAM.--
6161 A. The division shall establish a behavioral health
6262 grant program to make grants to municipalities and counties for
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9090 new or existing community-based programs or services for the
9191 prevention, treatment and screening of behavioral health
9292 issues. Grants shall be awarded by the division pursuant to
9393 the advice and recommendation of the behavioral health services
9494 division of the health care authority and the interagency
9595 behavioral health purchasing collaborative.
9696 B. In awarding grants, the division shall:
9797 (1) give consideration to a broad range of
9898 approaches to prevention, treatment and screening of behavioral
9999 health issues and prioritize those that are evidence-based or
100100 research-based;
101101 (2) make grants only to counties that submit
102102 an adopted county behavioral health plan or municipalities that
103103 submit an adopted municipal behavioral health plan;
104104 (3) consult with the behavioral health
105105 services division of the health care authority to develop and
106106 use guidelines to ensure equity when prioritizing and selecting
107107 grant recipients that take into consideration geographic
108108 allocation, per capita deaths or accidents related to
109109 behavioral health issues, needs-based assessments, population
110110 and availability of existing programs and services; and
111111 (4) not make grants for programs or services
112112 that are inconsistent with the statewide master plan developed
113113 by the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative
114114 pursuant to Section 24A-3-1 NMSA 1978.
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143143 C. The division may prioritize innovative or model
144144 programs and programs designed to prevent, treat and screen
145145 behavioral health issues of children.
146146 D. A municipality or county seeking a grant shall
147147 apply to the division on forms and in the manner required by
148148 the division.
149149 E. As used in this section:
150150 (1) "division" means the local government
151151 division of the department of finance and administration;
152152 (2) "evidence-based" means that a program,
153153 service or activity:
154154 (a) incorporates methods demonstrated to
155155 be effective for the intended population through scientifically
156156 based research, including statistically controlled evaluations
157157 or randomized trials;
158158 (b) can be implemented with a set of
159159 procedures to allow successful replication in New Mexico; and
160160 (c) when possible, has been determined
161161 to be cost beneficial; and
162162 (3) "research-based" means that a program,
163163 service or activity has some research demonstrating
164164 effectiveness, but does not yet meet the standard of
165165 evidence-based.
166166 SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM
167167 FUND.--The "behavioral health grant program fund" is created as
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196196 a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists
197197 of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and
198198 income from investment of the fund. The local government
199199 division of the department of finance and administration shall
200200 administer the fund. Money in the fund is subject to
201201 appropriation by the legislature for the purposes of awarding
202202 grants pursuant to Section 1 of this 2025 act. Expenditures
203203 from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance
204204 and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director
205205 of the local government division or the director's authorized
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207207 SECTION 3. [NEW MATERIAL] ADMINISTRATION OF BEHAVIORAL
208208 HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM--RULES.--The local government division of
209209 the department of finance and administration shall:
210210 A. administer and evaluate the behavioral health
211211 grant program; and
212212 B. promulgate rules necessary for operation of the
213213 behavioral health grant program, including:
214214 (1) eligibility requirements;
215215 (2) forms and procedures for the application
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217217 (3) documentation to be provided by the
218218 applicant to ensure compliance with the program requirements;
219219 (4) procedures and guidelines for review,
220220 evaluation and approval of grant awards; and
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249249 (5) procedures and guidelines for oversight,
250250 evaluation and audit of grantees to ensure that grants are
251251 being administered in the manner and for the purposes that the
252252 grants were awarded, including submission by each grantee of an
253253 annual report on the data, outcomes and effectiveness of its
254254 programs and services.
255255 SECTION 4. Section 7-1-6.40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997,
256256 Chapter 182, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
257257 "7-1-6.40. DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUOR EXCISE TAX--LOCAL DWI
258258 GRANT FUND--CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES--DRUG COURT FUND--BEHAVIORAL
259259 HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM FUND--HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY .--
260260 A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
261261 1978 in an amount equal to forty-five percent of the net
262262 receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to
263263 the local DWI grant fund.
264264 B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
265265 1978 of twenty thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($20,750)
266266 monthly from the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise
267267 tax shall be made to a municipality that is located in a class
268268 A county and that has a population according to the most recent
269269 federal decennial census of more than thirty thousand but less
270270 than sixty thousand and shall be used by the municipality only
271271 for the provision of alcohol treatment and rehabilitation
272272 services for street inebriates.
273273 C. [Beginning July 1, 2019 ] A distribution pursuant
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302302 to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 in an amount equal to five percent
303303 of the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall
304304 be made to the drug court fund.
305305 D. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
306306 1978 in an amount equal to two percent of the net receipts
307307 attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to the
308308 behavioral health grant program fund.
309309 E. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
310310 1978 in an amount equal to two percent of the net receipts
311311 attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to the
312312 health care authority to increase medicaid reimbursement for
313313 new or existing programs or services for the prevention,
314314 treatment and screening of behavioral health issues. "
315315 SECTION 5. Section 7-1-6.68 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021
316316 (1st S.S.), Chapter 4, Section 50, as amended) is amended to
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318318 "7-1-6.68. DISTRIBUTION--CANNABIS EXCISE TAX--
319319 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES--BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM
320320 FUND.--
321321 A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
322322 1978 shall be made to each municipality, subject to any
323323 increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA
324324 1978, in an amount equal to thirty-three and thirty-three
325325 hundredths percent of the net receipts attributable to the
326326 cannabis excise tax from business locations within the
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355355 municipality as reported pursuant to Section 7-42-4 NMSA 1978.
356356 B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
357357 1978 shall be made to each county in an amount equal to thirty-
358358 three and thirty-three hundredths percent of the net receipts
359359 attributable to the cannabis excise tax from business locations
360360 within the county area of the county as reported pursuant to
361361 Section 7-42-4 NMSA 1978.
362362 C. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA
363363 1978 shall be made to the behavioral health grant program fund
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366366 [C.] D. The department may deduct an amount not to
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368368 section for the reasonable costs for administering the
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370370 [D.] E. As used in this section, "county area"
371371 means that portion of a county located outside the boundaries
372372 of any municipality."
373373 SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
374374 provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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