A. In consultation with the Indian affairs department, the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative, subject to available funding, shall establish:

1. (1) a statewide clearinghouse and technical assistance program called the "New Mexico clearinghouse for Native American suicide prevention" to work with the Native American suicide prevention advisory council to provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide; and

2. (2) culturally based Native American youth suicide prevention initiatives, each focused on the continuum of prevention, intervention and post-event assistance to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide in rural, frontier and urban communities.

   B. As used in this section, "Native American" means a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, nation or pueblo.

History: Laws 2011, ch. 15, § 1; 2013, ch. 7, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, required the clearinghouse for Native American suicide prevention to work with the Native American suicide prevention advisory council; and in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A, after "clearinghouse for Native American suicide prevention to", added "work with the Native American suicide prevention advisory council to".