Sections 1 through 11 [9-23-1 to 9-23-11 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act”. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May […]
The “office of Indian elder affairs” is created within the office of the secretary. The office of Indian elder affairs shall assume the responsibilities of the Indian area agency on aging, including contract management, program compliance monitoring, technical assistance, advocacy and training to pueblo and Apache tribe Older Americans Act of 1965 programs, and to […]
Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all of the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, who shall retain the final decision-making […]
The state agency on aging, or a successor agency [aging and long-term services department], shall appoint the secretary or the secretary’s designee to serve as a member of the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative and shall ensure that any behavioral health services, including mental health and substance abuse services funded, provided, contracted for or approved, […]
A. The “Kiki Saavedra senior dignity fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury and shall be administered by the aging and long-term services department. The fund consists of money that is appropriated or donated or that otherwise accrues to the fund. B. Money in the Kiki Saavedra senior dignity fund shall […]
The purpose of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act is to create a single, unified department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered by the state agency on aging and to administer laws and exercise functions of the human services department, the department of health and the children, youth and families […]
As used in the Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act: A. “department” means the aging and long-term services department; and B. “secretary” means the secretary of aging and long-term services. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., […]
A. The “aging and long-term services department” is created. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions: (1) administrative services division; (2) consumer and elder rights division; (3) aging network services division; (4) long-term care division; and (5) adult protective services division. B. The secretary may organize the department and the divisions […]
A. The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the “secretary of aging and long-term services”. The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall hold that office at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve in the executive cabinet. B. An appointed secretary […]
A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. It is the secretary’s duty to manage all operations of the department and to administer and enforce the laws with which the secretary or the department is charged. B. To perform the secretary’s duties, the secretary has every power expressly enumerated […]
The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, “directors” of divisions established in the department. The directors so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 7. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant […]
The secretary may establish in the divisions such bureaus as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act. The secretary shall employ a “chief” to be the administrative head of a bureau. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 8. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. […]
In addition to the duties assigned to each division of the department by the secretary: A. the administrative services division shall provide clerical, recordkeeping and administrative support to the department in the areas of personnel, budget, procurement and contracting; B. the consumer and elder rights division shall administer the long-term care ombudsman program and provide […]
