New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Ensure access: The BHE shall ensure the accessibility and availability of behavioral health providers for each medically, clinically or psychosocially necessary service. The BHE shall comply with 8.305.8.18 NMAC, regardless of the funding source and shall comply with such geo-…

Delegation is a process whereby the BHE gives another entity the authority to perform certain functions on its behalf. The BHE shall be fully accountable for the quality of clinical care and services provided to consumers through its delivery system. The BHE may not delegate the …

This rule applies to the general public.

Subsection F of Section 9-7-6.4 NMSA 1978 requires the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative (the collaborative) to adopt rules through the human services department. The collaborative is created by statute and comprised of the secretaries of aging and long-term …

Permanent

September 1, 2011, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of this rule is to provide policies for the standard of delivery for behavioral health services through contracted behavioral health entities.

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The mission of the interagency behavioral health collaborative (the collaborative) is to ensure quality behavioral health services are provided to medicaid and non-medicaid consumers; providers are reimbursed timely and accurately; data is collected, and services promote preventi…

The collaborative recognizes that strong programs of quality improvement and assurance help ensure that better care is delivered in a cost-effective manner with better outcomes for consumers and families. Under the terms of the interagency behavioral health collaborative contract…

Human Services Department

Following full execution and prior to the effective date of the BHE contract, the contractor shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the collaborative that it is able to meet the requirements of the RFP. The readiness review may include, but is not limited to, desk and on-site r…

The collaborative or its designee shall provide collective and coordinated oversight and administrative functions to ensure BHE compliance with the terms of its contract, assuring each member agency with fiduciary responsibility for funds within the contract is involved and is ab…

This rule applies to collaborative member agencies.

Subsection F of Section 9-7-6.4 NMSA 1978 requires the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative (the collaborative) to adopt rules through the human services department. The collaborative is created by statute and comprised of the secretaries of aging and long-term …

Permanent

September 1, 2011, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of this rule is to provide policies for the standard of delivery for behavioral health services through contracted behavioral health entities and for approval of contracts by the collaborative.

[RESERVED]

The mission of the collaborative is to ensure that quality behavioral health services are provided to medicaid and non-medicaid consumers; that providers are reimbursed timely and accurately; that services promote prevention, recovery, resilience in consumers, and that available …

The collaborative shall award a contract to one or more behavioral health entities which meets applicable requirements and standards delineated under state and federal law including Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (regarding …

Veterans Service Commission, New Mexico Veterans Center.

A. Purpose: To outline the basic organization of the New Mexico veterans center; establish lines of authority and responsibility for all personnel; and define often used terms. See attached organizational chart and description of structure. B. Definition: (1) Administrator: Exerc…

A. Purpose: To assure full compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations in relation to non-discrimination and civil rights. B. Policy: It shall be the policy of the New Mexico veterans center, in accordance with New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, S…

A. Purpose: To provide guidance and direction for establishment of center policy and procedure. B. Background: New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, Section 28-13-5, provide that the veterans service commission, as part of their powers and duties, shall make rules and …

A. Purpose: To prescribe a code of conduct for the New Mexico Veterans Center in accordance with New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, Section 10-16-11. B. Policy: It shall be the policy of the New Mexico veterans center that a code of conduct for employees shall be es…

A. Purpose: To establish policy and procedures relating to admission requirements to the New Mexico veterans center. B. Background: The New Mexico veterans center was established by the New Mexico legislature to provide residential services to veterans of service in the armed for…

A. Purpose: To establish policy and procedures relating to the scope and care offered and the maintenance charges for service. B. Background: Although the state of New Mexico and the veterans administration pay for the majority of costs of care, it is necessary for the center to …

A. Purpose: To establish guidelines concerning hiring, transfer or promotion of employees who are related to other employees. B. Definition: Relative is defined as the parent, spouse, child, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and persons…

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A. It is the mission of the New Mexico veterans center to provide the highest quality of nursing and domiciliary services to veterans honorably discharged from the United States armed services and who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise and by reason of such disability are…

A. Purpose: To define the ultimate responsibility of the veterans service commission in relationship to the administrator and the New Mexico veterans center. B. Policy: It shall be the policy of the New Mexico veterans center, in accordance with New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 197…

New Mexico Department of Health.

This rule applies to all employees providing direct health care services in state health facilities as defined in NMSA 1978, Section 9-7-18.

Section 9-7-18 of the Department of Health Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 9-7-1 through 9-7-18.

Permanent.

October 15, 2012, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To protect the health and welfare of those served in state health care facilities operated by the department of health by ensuring that employees providing direct health care are not impaired by any illegal or prescription drug, or alcohol, while providing services.

A. "Direct care" means health care providers authorized or permitted to offer health care services directly to a patient without another employee's assistance or presence. B. "Department" means the department of health. C. "For cause" means upon reasonable suspicion of impairment…

A. All direct care health care providers shall be deemed employed in safety-sensitive positions to be tested for drug or alcohol abuse prior to employment, and subject to both random and for cause drug and alcohol testing thereafter pursuant to the rules promulgated by the state …

(Reserved.)

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(Reserved.)