The “Interstate Compact on Mental Health” is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH ARTICLE I Findings and Purpose The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can […]
Pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, the administrator of the New Mexico behavioral health institute is designated as the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator is authorized, empowered and […]
The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under Articles VII and XI of the compact [11-7-1 NMSA 1978]. In the event that the supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service […]
The compact administrator may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact [11-7-1 NMSA 1978] or by any supplementary agreement entered into under the compact. History: 1953 Comp., § 34-5-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 118, § 4.
Whenever the compact administrator receives a request for the transfer of a patient from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, and he determines that the transfer is in the best interest of the patient, he shall give notice of the proposed transfer to the patient, the spouse of the […]
