Behavioral Health /tags/behavioral-health Behavioral Health en-US Copyright Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:47:10 GMT Medical psilocybin bill passes its final committee, but runs low on time for its final hurdle /Med-medical-psilocybin-NM-New-Mexico-SB219-Bill-passes-final-committee-heading-to-house-floor-vote Senate Bill 219, legalizing medical psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, passed its last committee vote Monday, but still needs to pass a full house vote before it would head to the governor to be signed into law — but it only has five days left to get that done. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:47:10 GMT /Med-medical-psilocybin-NM-New-Mexico-SB219-Bill-passes-final-committee-heading-to-house-floor-vote Daniel Montaño New Mexico joins other blue states locking up more people with mental illness /local-news/2025-03-13/new-mexico-joins-other-blue-states-locking-up-more-people-with-mental-illness New public safety legislation signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham last month empowers courts to involuntarily commit more people found incompetent to stand trial, and also expands judges' options for community restoration and treatment. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:44:51 GMT /local-news/2025-03-13/new-mexico-joins-other-blue-states-locking-up-more-people-with-mental-illness Alice Fordham NM’s behavioral health administrator suggests lawmakers use better data to inform decisions /public-health-new-mexico/2024-12-03/nms-behavioral-health-administrator-suggest-lawmakers-to-use-better-data-to-inform-decisions Lawmakers heard arguments from the state's behavioral health administrator that the Legislature should use updated real-time data systems to inform their decision making, and improve access to behavioral health across the state. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:13:04 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2024-12-03/nms-behavioral-health-administrator-suggest-lawmakers-to-use-better-data-to-inform-decisions Daniel Montaño Bernalillo commissioners approve expansions to behavioral health care /Bernco-bernalillo-county-commission-expands-behavioral-health-care The Bernalillo County commission on tuesday August 27 took several actions meant to expand the newly minted Bernalillo County Healthcare Authority. That included approving nearly $800,000 in funding for programs. Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:22:46 GMT /Bernco-bernalillo-county-commission-expands-behavioral-health-care Daniel Montaño Bernalillo County asks residents to ‘step up’ to fill vacant board seats /local-news/2024-07-29/bernalillo-county-vacant-board-seats Bernalillo County has vacancies across more than a dozen boards, councils, committees and commissions. It put a call out Monday asking residents to “step up and serve the community” by filling the seats. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:40:14 GMT /local-news/2024-07-29/bernalillo-county-vacant-board-seats Nash Jones FRI: Alec Baldwin manslaughter case will move forward after judge denies motion to dismiss, +More /Rust-Baldwin-Dismiss-Opioid-Settlment- Alec Baldwin’s case is on track for trial in July after a New Mexico judge denied his request to dismiss it over damaged evidence. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:27:13 GMT /Rust-Baldwin-Dismiss-Opioid-Settlment- ɫ News Controversial behavioral health law sparks strong responses from supporters and critics alike /BernalilloHealthLawReactions Supporters and critics both made impassioned statements regarding the controversial behavioral health ordinance, which creats a new central authority for services around the county before commissioners passed it with a 3-2 vote. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 02:45:43 GMT /BernalilloHealthLawReactions Daniel Montaño Study measures impact of behavioral health copay law /local-news/2024-04-15/study-measures-impact-of-behavioral-health-copay-law A new, one-of-a-kind law took effect in New Mexico two years ago that did away with behavioral health co-pays for people in certain insurance plans. A new study on the law says results so far are mixed. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:02:48 GMT /local-news/2024-04-15/study-measures-impact-of-behavioral-health-copay-law Megan Myscofski Advocates push for more health care and housing, less policing in this year’s state budget /local-news/2024-01-11/advocates-push-for-more-health-care-and-housing-less-policing-in-this-years-state-budget Ahead of the legislative session that starts January 16, several health and civil rights advocates are pushing for the state to invest more in addiction treatment and housing. They are also calling for the state to put fewer resources towards what they call criminalization tactics. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:45:28 GMT /local-news/2024-01-11/advocates-push-for-more-health-care-and-housing-less-policing-in-this-years-state-budget Megan Myscofski Let's Talk about NM's behavioral health care system, a decade after it fell apart /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-06-26/lets-talk-about-our-behavioral-healthcare-system-a-decade-after-it-fell-apart Ten years ago then-Governor Susana Martinez froze the Medicaid funding of 15 behavioral health agencies in New Mexico after the state Human Services Department said an audit found “credible allegations of fraud.” While all the accused providers were later cleared by the attorney general, the incident severely disrupted the state’s behavioral health care system. On the next Let's Talk New Mexico we'll ask, "where are we now with our behavioral health care system?" Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:24:06 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-06-26/lets-talk-about-our-behavioral-healthcare-system-a-decade-after-it-fell-apart Nash Jones