Section 9-8-10 - Bureaus; chiefs

The secretary shall establish within each division such bureaus as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Health Care Authority Act. The secretary shall employ a chief to be administrative head of any such bureau. The chief and all subsidiary employees of the authority shall be covered by the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978] unless otherwise provided by law. History: 1978 Comp., § 9-8-10, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 252, § 11; 1979, ch. 203, § 9; 1979, ch. 204, § 2; 1979, ch. 280, § 2; 1981, ch. 88, § 3; 2023, ch. 205, § 13; 2024, ch. 39, § 12.ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For executive cabinet, see 9-1-3 NMSA 1978. For public assistance generally, see Chapter 27 NMSA 1978. For human rights generally, see Chapter 28 NMSA 1978. For delinquent, abused and neglected children, see 32A-2-1 to 32A-2-33 and 32A-4-1 to 32A-4-34 NMSA 1978. For adoption generally, see 32A-5-1 to 32A-5-45 NMSA 1978. For the Mandatory Medical Support Act, see 40-4C-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted 'department' with 'authority' throughout the section. Temporary provisions. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 131 provided:A.

ee 40-4C-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted 'department' with 'authority' throughout the section. Temporary provisions. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 131 provided:A. On July 1, 2024: (1) functions, employees, money, appropriations, records, equipment and other property of the department of health pertaining to the developmental disabilities supports division, health improvement division and health facility licensing and certification bureau are transferred from the department of health to the health care authority; (2) all contractual obligations pertaining to the developmental disabilities supports division, health improvement division and health facility licensing and certification bureau shall be deemed to be contractual obligations of the health care authority; and (3) statutory references to the developmental disabilities supports division, health improvement division and health facility licensing and certification bureau or other functions transferred from the department of health to the health care authority shall be deemed to be references to the health care authority. B.

facility licensing and certification bureau or other functions transferred from the department of health to the health care authority shall be deemed to be references to the health care authority. B. On July 1, 2024, functions, employees, money, appropriations, records, equipment and other property of the office of the superintendent of insurance pertaining to the administration of the health care affordability fund are transferred to the health care authority. Contractual obligations of the office of the superintendent of insurance pertaining to the health care affordability fund shall be deemed to be contractual obligations of the health care authority. The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, after 'provisions of the', deleted 'Human Services' and added 'Health Care Authority'.