New Mexico Register / Volume XXIX, Issue 3 / February 13, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The New Mexico Department of Health will hold a public hearing on the proposed repeal of 7.20.2 NMAC - “Comprehensive Behavioral Health Standards” at 9:00 a.m. on March 29, 2018 in the Harold Runnels Building Auditorium, located at 1190 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502.

Changes in the standards for the delivery of behavioral health services in New Mexico have been codified in 7.21.2 NMAC - “Standards of Delivery for Behavioral Health Services,” which has superseded 7.20.2 NMAC.

The legal authority authorizing the proposed rule repeal and the adoption of the rule repeal by the New Mexico Department of Health is at Subsection E of Section 9-7-6 NMSA 1978.

A free copy of the rule is available at http://164.64.110.239/nmac/parts/title07/07.020.0002.htm. Free copies of the full text of the proposed rule repeal may be obtained online from the New Mexico Department of Health’s website at https://nmhealth.org/publication/regulation or from Benito M. Gomez using the contact information below.

The public hearing will be conducted to receive public comment on the proposed repeal of 7.20.2 NMAC. Any interested member of the public may attend the hearing and offer public comment on the proposed rule repeal during the hearing. Written public comment may also be submitted prior to the date of the hearing. Please submit any written comments regarding the proposed repeal of 7.20.2 NMAC to the attention of:

Benito M. Gomez at P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502 or Benito.Gomez@state.nm.us.

All written comments must be received by 5pm MST March 28, 2018.

If you are an individual with a disability who is need of special assistance or accommodations to attend or participate in the hearing, please contact Benito Gomez by telephone at (505) 827-2997. The Department requests at least ten (10) days advance notice for special accommodation requests.