SENATE BILL 11

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald Ortiz y Pino

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT TO DIRECT THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CHANGE THE BASIS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] MEDICAL ASSISTANCE--PREVENTIVE AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES--BASIS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.--The secretary shall seek any necessary authority under federal law to adopt and promulgate rules under the state medical assistance program to provide for the reimbursement of preventive and early intervention services delivered to children on the basis of need without specifying as a condition of reimbursement that a child be identified as a child with a mental health diagnosis or be diagnosed as having a serious emotional disturbance."

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