SENATE BILL 417

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Lynda M. Lovejoy

AN ACT

RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; REQUIRING THE INTERAGENCY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PURCHASING COLLABORATIVE TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN SUICIDE PREVENTION AND THREE CULTURALLY BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVES FOR NATIVE AMERICANS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     SECTION 1. CLEARINGHOUSE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN SUICIDE PREVENTION--CULTURALLY BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVES.--

          A. In consultation with the Indian affairs department, the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative shall establish:

                (1) a statewide clearinghouse and technical assistance program called the "New Mexico clearinghouse for Native American suicide prevention" to provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide; and

                (2) three culturally based Native American youth suicide prevention initiatives, each focused on the continuum of prevention, intervention and post-event assistance to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide in rural, frontier and urban communities.

          B. As used in this section, "Native American" means a member of a federally recognized tribe, nation or pueblo.

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2012 to fund the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative's program to provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2012 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2012 to fund the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative's establishment of three culturally based Native American youth suicide prevention initiatives, each receiving one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), which focus on the continuum of prevention, intervention and post-event assistance to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide in rural, frontier and urban communities. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2012 shall revert to the general fund.

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