requirements.
A.The administrative office of the courts shall coordinate regional meetings, complete sequential intercept mapping and coordinate the development of regional plans. If behavioral health stakeholders request to participate in the development of a regional plan, the administrative office of the courts shall include those stakeholders in the development of the plan. If requested by the administrative office of the courts, behavioral health stakeholders shall provide support in coordinating regional meetings. The health care authority shall verify that nothing in a proposed regional plan jeopardizes the state medicaid program, and if something in the regional plan does jeopardize the state medicaid program, that section of the regional plan is void.
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requirements. A. The administrative office of the courts shall coordinate regional meetings, complete sequential intercept mapping and coordinate the development of regional plans. If behavioral health stakeholders request to participate in the development of a regional plan, the administrative office of the courts shall include those stakeholders in the development of the plan. If requested by the administrative office of the courts, behavioral health stakeholders shall provide support in coordinating regional meetings. The health care authority shall verify that nothing in a proposed regional plan jeopardizes the state medicaid program, and if something in the regional plan does jeopardize the state medicaid program, that section of the regional plan is void. B. A behavioral health stakeholder receiving appropriations pursuant to the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act shall participate in regional meetings, provide substantive expertise, develop relevant portions of the regional plans, submit annual reports based on those plans and share relevant data as requested by a legislative interim committee, the administrative office of the courts or the health care authority. C. For fiscal years 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028, the administrative office of the courts and the health care authority shall collaborate to utilize current data to identify gaps in any existing sequential intercept mapping and supplement the mapping to ensure complete behavioral health coverage prior to regional plan finalization. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the development of regional plans prior to the finalization of the sequential intercept mapping. Any grant or funding awards are contingent on finalized regional plans; provided that those regional plans shall be updated upon the completion of sequential intercept mapping. D. A regional plan shall: (1) include a phased implementation addressing behavioral health service gaps, including the continuation and expansion of behavioral health services; (2) identify no more than five grants or state-funded priorities per phase; provided that additional priorities can be identified if the health care authority determines that the service gaps in a behavioral health region are large enough to warrant more priorities; (3) identify local resources that may help offset part of the costs associated with each funding priority; (4) provide a time line and performance measures for each funding priority that include a plan for developing data collection and infrastructure, performance measures, feasibility analysis and a sustainability plan; (5) provide a continuity of care plan for the region; (6) consider the need for language access for behavioral health services in the region; (7) when appropriate, establish a plan to obtain federal, local or private resources to advance a regional priority; (8) identify a capable and accountable entity to execute regional plans; provided that different entities may be accountable for each identified regional funding priority; (9) include an appendix with a list of all behavioral service providers in the behavioral health region; and (10) identify how regional plans will optimize, leverage or reinforce coordination with the state medicaid program as the primary payor of behavioral health services. E. The administrative office of the courts shall distribute each regional plan to the legislature and the appropriate state agencies. F. The health care authority, in consultation with the legislative finance committee and the legislative health and human services committee, shall determine baseline data collection points to be collected and reported in all reports subject to Subsection G of this section. G. Beginning no later than June 30, 2027 and by every June 30 thereafter, the behavioral health executive committee shall designate a government entity within each behavioral health region to provide a written report to the legislature and the judicial and executive branches of government that includes: (1) the status of the implementation of each regional plan and sequential intercept mapping; (2) available data on performance measures included in each regional plan; (3) public feedback on the implementation of each regional plan; (4) uniform responses to data requests made by a legislative committee, the administrative office of the courts or an executive agency; (5) a list of qualified and certified behavioral health service providers in each region that provide services described in the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act; and (6) recommendations on successes, gaps and needs to better provide behavioral health care services. H. Starting May 1, 2025, and continuing through December 31, 2025, the administrative office of the courts shall provide the appropriate interim legislative committees and the health care authority a monthly update on the status of sequential intercept mapping and regional planning. After January 1, 2026, the administrative office of the courts shall provide quarterly updates on the status of sequential intercept mapping and regional planning to the legislature and the health care authority. The behavioral health executive committee shall provide the legislature quarterly updates on the implementation of regional plans starting when the regional plans begin to be implemented. I. Higher education institutions within behavioral health regions shall coordinate with the health care authority, the workforce solutions department and other behavioral health stakeholders to create a behavioral health workforce pipeline for the behavioral health services identified within regional plans. A behavioral health workforce pipeline may include: (1) pathways for people with lived experience to enter the behavioral health workforce; (2) in-state and national recruitment of behavioral health professionals; (3) increased awareness of behavioral health careers within middle and high schools in the region; (4) optimization of state funding to enhance or create behavioral health educational opportunities within the behavioral health region; and (5) making recommendations to the legislature to better address the behavioral health workforce needs of the region. J. As New Mexico's single state authority, the behavioral health services division of the health care authority shall continue to oversee the adult behavioral health system, including programming and rulemaking. Nothing in the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act shall be interpreted to imply anything to the contrary. The health care authority remains the primary designated federal entity for the state medicaid program.