SENATE BILL 238

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