To carry out the provisions of Subsection E of Section 9-8-7.1 NMSA 1978 and to provide behavioral health services to persons who are incarcerated in a county correctional facility:A. the secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules:(1) pursuant to which a county may apply for and be awarded funding through the authority; and(2) to establish priorities and guidelines for the award of funding to counties; andB. the authority shall distribute funds, as funding permits, to the county health care assistance funds of those counties:(1) that apply for behavioral health services funding in accordance with authority rules; and(2) whose proposed utilization of funding pursuant to this section meets the priorities and guidelines for the awarding of behavioral health services funding established in authority rules. History: Laws 2019, ch. 222, § 2; 2023, ch. 205, § 10; § 9-8-7.3, recompiled and amended as § 24A-3-3 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 45. ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 45 recompiled and amended former 9-8-7.3 NMSA 1978 as 24A-3-3 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024.The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted each occurrence of 'department' with 'authority'.The compiled and amended former 9-8-7.3 NMSA 1978 as 24A-3-3 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024.The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted each occurrence of 'department' with 'authority'.The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, substituted each occurrence of 'individuals' with 'persons' throughout the section.
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