SENATE BILL 2

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Benny Shendo, Jr. and George K. Muñoz and David M. Gallegos

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY INITIATIVES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS--REGIONAL PLANNING--STATEWIDE RESOURCE MAPPING--JUDICIAL DISTRICT GRANTS--CERTAIN COURTS AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.--One million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for regional planning and sequential intercept resource mapping statewide, including costs associated with monitoring, quality assurance and setting statewide standards related to relevant elements within regional plans. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS--JUDICIAL DISTRICT GRANTS--REGIONAL PLANNING, INCLUDING REGIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT.--

          A. Seven million dollars ($7,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for:

                (1) grants to judicial districts based on the submitted regional plans to enhance regional case management, behavioral health grant writing, peer-operated crisis response and recovery support services, behavioral health and homeless outreach and engagement; and

                (2) grants to judicial districts based on the submitted regional plans for specialty, diversion, problem-solving and treatment courts and associated programs and pretrial services.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION--HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY--REGIONAL PLANNING, INCLUDING OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.--Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for grants to counties and municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos based on the submitted regional plans for assisted outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment, assertive community treatment, other best-practice and evidence-informed outpatient and diversion services, promising practices and community-based wraparound services and resources. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION--HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY--REGIONAL PLANNING--TRANSITIONAL ACUTE CARE FACILITIES.--Forty-three million dollars ($43,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for grants to counties and municipalities based on the submitted regional plans for regional transitional acute care facilities and certified community behavioral health clinics that are located in a municipality with a state institution of higher education and remain eligible for medicaid. The health care authority shall consult with the department of health when making grants to counties and municipalities. Funding may be used to cover service, transportation and lease costs, including community-based services and supports. Not more than eight million dollars ($8,000,000) may be used to establish or expand behavioral health investment zones based on epidemiological data and other source data that identify the combined incidence of mortality related to alcohol use, drug overdose and suicide and on any other behavioral health data deemed necessary. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION--HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY--REGIONAL PLANNING--CRISIS RESPONSE FACILITIES.--Seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for use by the authority and for grants to federally qualified health centers, counties and municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos based on the submitted regional plans for twenty-four- hour crisis response facilities, associated services and technical assistance support. Funding may be used to cover service, logistic and lease costs not eligible for medicaid funding on a multiyear basis. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION--CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT--REGIONAL PLANNING--SUPPORT FOR DISCHARGED PERSONS.--One million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the corrections department, in consultation with the health care authority, for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for use by the department and for grants to counties based on regional plans for discharge planning from correctional facilities and to assist discharged persons to connect with recovery support services and treatment and community-based behavioral health supports that supplement or enhance transitional services covered by medicaid. The corrections department shall consult with the department of health when making grants to counties. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION--DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY--REGIONAL PLANNING--CRISIS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of public safety, in consultation with the health care authority, for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for grants to counties and municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos based on the submitted regional plans to be used by law enforcement and behavioral health service providers to purchase regional mobile crisis response, recovery and outreach equipment and vehicles. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION--HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY--REGIONAL PLANNING--CRISIS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TEAMS.--Eleven million five hundred thousand dollars ($11,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority, in consultation with the department of public safety, for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for grants to counties and municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos based on the submitted regional plans for regional mobile crisis and recovery response, intervention and outreach teams. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION--HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY-- EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the health care authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for education and outreach within behavioral health regions on available behavioral health services based on behavioral health plans. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION--DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY--REGIONAL PLANNING--CRISIS INTERVENTION AND RESPONSE.--Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of public safety for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for grants to state agencies, counties and municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos based on the submitted regional plans for diversion, crisis intervention, collaborative and embedded crisis response, mental health, social work, community and intercept resources training. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION--UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO--HEALTH OUTREACH TO HOMELESS PERSONS.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for use by the university of New Mexico health sciences center for mobile health units, medication-assisted treatment and other health outreach to homeless persons, including telemedicine. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH--HEALTH OUTREACH TO HOMELESS PERSONS.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years for mobile health units, medication-assisted treatment and other health outreach to homeless persons, including telemedicine. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION--DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION--REGIONAL PLANNING--EXPANSION OF CERTAIN HOUSING SERVICES.--Forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for the New Mexico mortgage finance authority as the state housing authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years to establish a program based on the submitted regional plans to support the expansion of housing services providers that facilitate behavioral health services and substance misuse recovery, homelessness assistance and prevention for persons with behavioral health needs and transitional housing. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 14. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of Sections 1 through 10 and 13 of this act are contingent upon the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act of the first session of the fifty-seventh legislature becoming law.

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