New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV,
Issue 21 / November 7, 2023
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The New Mexico Department of Health will hold a public hearing on the proposed
adoption of amendments to rule Part 7.30.13 NMAC
Crisis Triage Centers (CTC), Sections 7 (“Definitions”), 9 (“ Scope of
Services”), and 29 (“Staffing Requirements”).
The public hearing will be held on December 14, 2023
at 9:00 a.m. MDT via web video conference and telephone. The hearing will be
conducted to receive public comment regarding the adoption of amendments to 7.30.13 NMAC which will allow CTC facilities to accept
involuntary admissions as set forth in recent statutory amendments to Section
43-1-1 et. al NMSA Mental Health and Disabilities Code which went into effect
June 16, 2023, will set forth staffing and medical records requirements for CTC
facilities accepting involuntary admissions, will change on-site RN
requirements for CTCs offering 23 hours or less non-residential services, and
will add a definition of CTCs to reflect the definition in Section 43-1-3 NMSA
1978.
The hearing will be conducted to receive
public comments regarding proposed amendments of the rule, 7.30.13 NMAC,
including the following rule parts:
·
7.30.13.7
NMAC -
Definitions, Amend to include a definition for ”crisis triage
center” to reflect the definition in Section 43-1-3 NMSA 1978.
·
Subsection
C of 7.30.13.9 NMAC, - Amend to expand the scope of
services to allow CTCs to accept involuntary admissions as set forth in Section
43-1-15.1 NMSA Crisis Triage Centers; admission or treatment.
·
Subsection
C of 7.30.13.9 NMAC, - Amend to provide that if a CTC facility accepts
involuntary admissions, the CTCs shall comply with all hearing and treatment
provisions of Section 43-1-1 et. al NMSA 1978.
·
Subsection
A of 7.30.13.29 NMAC, - Amend to remove the requirement of a 24 hour a day RN
presence requirement for CTC facilities offering 23 hours or less
non-residential services, instead allowing such facilities to have onsite
medical professionals who have access to immediate support and supervision by
an RN or higher-level provider in according with 24-25-1 et. al NMSA 1978 New
Mexico Telehealth Act.
The purpose of the proposed rule amendments is to adopt the rule
changes described, which are proposed in part in order to
conform the Crisis Triage Centers rule to recent statutory amendments to
Section 41-1-1 et.al NMSA Mental Health and
Disabilities Code which went into effect June 16, 2023. The purpose of the proposed rule amendments
is also to remove on-site RN presence requirements for CTC facilities offering
23 hours or less non-residential services, instead allowing such facilities to
have onsite medical professionals who have access to immediate support and
supervision by an RN or higher-level provider in according with 24-25-1 et. al
NMSA 1978 New Mexico Telehealth Act. The
purpose of the proposed amendments is also to require CTCs accepting
involuntary admissions to have adequate staffing and to meet medical record
requirements for licensure of psychiatric hospitals as set forth in 7.7.2.40
NMAC.
A free copy of the full text of the proposed rule amendments can
be obtained from the Department’s website at https://nmhealth.org/publication/regulation/.
Any interested member of the public may
attend the hearing, and anyone may offer public comments on the proposed rule
amendments orally at the hearing. To
access the hearing by telephone: please call 1-505-312-4308, phone conference
i.d. code 372 220 447#. To access the
hearing via internet: please go to
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting, enter the
following meeting i.d. code and passcode where
indicated on screen—meeting i.d. code 244 302 554 623, Passcode:
Yh2JgX, then click the “Join a meeting” button. All oral comments will be recorded.
Any person may submit written public
comment concerning the rule amendments. Written
comments may be submitted to the mailing address shown below. Please submit any written comments regarding
the proposed rules to the attention of:
Via Postal Mail:
Christopher
Burmeister
Division
Director, Health Improvement
New Mexico
Department of Health
2040 S. Pacheco,
Santa Fe, NM 87505
christopher.burmeis@doh.nm.gov
505-252-4492
Via E-mail: christopher.burmeis@doh.nm.gov
Mailed written comments must
be received no later than 5:00 p.m. MDT on December 12, 2023. Written comments may also be submitted to the
email address shown above through 5:00 pm MDT on the date of the hearing. All written comments will be published on the
agency website at http://nmhealth.org/publication/regulation/ within 3 business days of receipt, and will be available at the Office of the New
Mexico Department of Health, at the address above, for public inspection.
If you are an individual with a disability
who is in need of special assistance or accommodations to attend or participate in the hearing,
please contact Brandy Sanchez by telephone at (505) 827-2997. The Department requests at least ten (10)
days’ advance notice to provide requested special accommodations.