New Mexico Register / Volume XXIX, Issue 20 / October 30, 2018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING

The Substitute Care Advisory Council (Council) will hold a rule hearing on Monday, December 17, 2018, at 1:30 P.M. at the Regulation and Licensing Department Toney Anaya Hearing Room 2, which is an accessible facility, at 2550 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Shelly Bucher at 505-469-4781 by November 26, 2018, or as soon as possible.

Pursuant to Section 32A-8-4(F), the Council is to adopt reasonable rules related to the functions and procedures of the substitute care review boards and the Council. Rules shall establish training requirements for substitute care review board members, establish criteria for council designation of cases for substitute care review board review; establish procedures for substitute are review board review of designated cases; establish criteria for membership and tenure on and operating procedures for substitute care review boards; specific the information needed for designated cases to be monitored by substitute care review boards; and specify case information to be tracked and reported to the Council.

The Council may consider the following items of rulemaking at the meeting:

Repeal:

8.26.7 NMAC - Citizen Substitute Care Review.

Replace with:

8.26.7 NMAC - Citizen Substitute Care Review.

Synopsis:

The proposed replacement rule clarifies the scope, statutory authority, objective, definitions, membership requirements, advisory committee, designation of cases for review, case information needed, operations of boards and tracking and reporting of information; and outlines the responsibilities of the Council.

A copy of the full text of the proposed rule may be accessed at the Regulation and Licensing Department website (www.rld.state.nm.us), or by contacting Shelly Bucher at shelly.bucher@state.nm.us, or 505-469-4781.

Interested persons may submit comments on the replacement rule at the rule hearing or may submit written comments prior to the hearing via email to Ms. Bucher. Written comments prior to the hearing are accepted until 5 p.m. on December 10, 2018 and will be posted within 3 business days of receipt on the website for public review. At the hearing the Council will take oral and written comments related to the replacement rule. Persons offering written comments at the hearing must have eight (8) copies for the Council to review; oral comments will be subject to time limitations.