As used in the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act: A. "behavioral health region" means a geographic area of the state that is designated in accordance with Subsection B of Section 3 [24A-10-3 NMSA 1978] of the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act and encompasses one or more counties or judicial districts; B. "behavioral health services" means a comprehensive array of professional and ancillary services for the treatment, rehabilitation, prevention and identification of mental illnesses and substance misuse, including telemedicine; C. "behavioral health stakeholders" means representatives from the administrative office of the courts, the public defender department, the district attorney's office in the behavioral health region, behavioral health service recipients, behaviora
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As used in the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act: A. "behavioral health region" means a geographic area of the state that is designated in accordance with Subsection B of Section 3 [24A-10-3 NMSA 1978] of the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act and encompasses one or more counties or judicial districts; B. "behavioral health services" means a comprehensive array of professional and ancillary services for the treatment, rehabilitation, prevention and identification of mental illnesses and substance misuse, including telemedicine; C. "behavioral health stakeholders" means representatives from the administrative office of the courts, the public defender department, the district attorney's office in the behavioral health region, behavioral health service recipients, behavioral health service providers, behavioral health care advocates, the health care authority, the department of health, the children, youth and families department, the university of New Mexico health sciences center, higher education institutions within behavioral health regions, Indian nations, tribes and pueblos, local and regional governments and other appropriate state or local agencies or nongovernmental entities, including school districts, local and regional law enforcement agencies, local jails or detention centers, behavioral health associations and local behavioral health collaboratives; D. "continuity of care plan" means a plan identifying the interrelationship of available and prospective behavioral health services for recipients to ensure consistent and coordinated services over time; E. "disproportionately impacted community" means a community or population of people for which multiple burdens, including mental, substance misuse and physical stressors, inequity, poverty, limited behavioral health services and high unemployment, may act to persistently and negatively affect the health and well-being of the community or population; F. "generally recognized standards for behavioral health" means standards of care and clinical practice established by evidence-based sources, including clinical practice guidelines and recommendations from mental health and substance misuse care provider professional associations and relevant federal government agencies, that are generally recognized by providers practicing in relevant clinical specialties, including: (1) psychiatry; (2) psychology; (3) social work; (4) clinical counseling; (5) addiction medicine and counseling; (6) family and marriage counseling; (7) public health officials; and (8) certified peer support workers; G. "regional meeting" means a meeting held by behavioral health stakeholders at a government-owned or -operated facility within a behavioral health region; H. "regional plan" means a plan that is developed collaboratively by behavioral health stakeholders to provide behavioral health services to a behavioral health region; and I. "sequential intercept mapping" means a strategic planning tool that helps communities identify resources and gaps and develop plans to divert people with mental health disorders and substance misuse away from the criminal justice system and into treatment.