Pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, the administrator of the New Mexico behavioral health institute is designated as the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator is authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement entered into by this state under the compact.
History: 1953 Comp., § 34-5-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 118, § 2; 1977, ch. 253, § 46; 2007, ch. 325, § 5; 2009, ch. 191, § 1.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, after "Compact on Mental Health, the" deleted "director of the behavioral health services division of the human services department" and added "administrator of the New Mexico behavioral health institute".
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, changed "health and environment department" to "human services department".
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