New Mexico Register / Volume
XXIX, Issue 1 / January 16, 2018
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The New Mexico Department of Health
will hold a public hearing on the adoption of a new rule, 7.30.13 NMAC, “Crisis
Triage Centers”. The hearing will be
held on February 21, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in the auditorium of the Harold Runnels
Building, located at 1190 St. Francis Drive in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This hearing will be conducted to receive
public comment regarding the proposed adoption of a new rule concerning the
licensing requirements for a new type of health facility known as Crisis Triage
Centers.
A Crisis Triage Center (CTC) provides
stabilization of behavioral health crises including outpatient stabilization
and short-term residential stabilization in a residential rather than
institutional setting. The CTC provides
emergency behavioral health triage, evaluation, and admission 24 hours a day, 7
days a week on a voluntary basis. The
CTC may serve individuals 14 years or age or older who meet admission criteria.
The CTC offers services to manage
individuals at high risk of suicide or intentional self-harm and may offer drug
and alcohol detox services.
The legal authority authorizing the
proposed rule and the adoption of the rule by the Department is at Subsection E
of Sections 9-7-6, Subsections B-D of Section 24-1-2, Subsection J of Section 24-1-3 and Section 24-1-5,
NMSA 1978.
A free copy of the full text of the
proposed rule can be obtained from the Department’s website at https://nmhealth.org/publication/regulation/
Joseph T. Foxhood,
LNHA
Division Director, Health
Improvement
New Mexico Department of Health
2040 S. Pacheco,
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Please submit any written comments
regarding the proposed rule to the attention of Joseph Foxhood
at the above mailing address or e-mail address prior to the hearing. If you are an individual with a disability
who is in need of special assistance or accommodations to attend or participate
in the hearing, please contact Samantha Baca by telephone at (505) 827-2997 The Department requests at least ten (10) days
advance notice to provide requested special accommodations.
Any interested member of the public may attend the hearing and offer
public comment on the proposed rule changes during the hearing. Written public comment may also be submitted
prior to the date of the hearing to the contact person and mailing address or
e-mail address above.