The purposes of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act are to: A. provide children with access to appropriate assessments, services and treatment; B. provide children access to a continuum of services to address their habilitation and treatment needs; C. provide children with access to services for identification, prevention and intervention for developmental and mental health needs; D. promote delivery of services in a culturally appropriate, responsive and respectful manner; E. protect the substantive and procedural rights of children regardless of service setting; and F. encourage support for family as critical members of the treatment or habilitation team whenever clinically appropriate. History: Laws 2007, ch. 162, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 162 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
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