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Code · New Mexico · Chapter 43 — Commitment Procedures · Article 3 — Community Alcoholism Treatment And Detoxification

43-3-11. Powers and duties of the department.

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A. The department shall adopt rules to provide for:
(1)minimum standards of service for DWI programs that contract for funds pursuant to the department's behavioral health services rules; provided that rules adopted pursuant to this section shall, before adoption, have been presented to all interested parties in a public hearing;
(2)the format and guidelines for county DWI plans and the criteria for evaluating them; and
(3)procedures for reporting of programmatic and financial information necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of programs funded. Evaluation of program effectiveness shall include an analysis of outcome-based measures and the impact of the programs on the incidence of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs and shall be reported to the legislature annually.
B. The department shall provide technical assistance and training to assist each county as needed in developing its DWI plan.
C. The department shall review the impact of the programs on the reduction of the incidence of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, approve county DWI plans and incorporate these plans into the statewide substance abuse services plan in accordance with Section 43-3-13 NMSA 1978.
D. Any screening programs funded pursuant to the behavioral health services rules shall be established in collaboration with the district, magistrate, metropolitan and municipal courts to be served by the screening program. Whenever feasible, the screening program shall not be provided by an alcoholism treatment program serving the judicial districts involved in order to avoid conflict of interest in recommending that offenders enter treatment.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 185, § 4; 1993, ch. 65, § 11; 1999, ch. 270, § 6.
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