N.M. Stat. § 24-1H-4
Goals.
The goals of the commission may include:
A. within two years of being named, creation of an initial off-reservation Native
American health care plan that includes:
(1)
an estimate of the number and tribal affiliation of Native Americans living
in the off-reservation urban area;
(2)
an inventory of sources of non-emergency health care for off-reservation
Native Americans, identifying federal, state and local public resources, tribal facilities
and program duplications;
(3)
a cross-jurisdictional budget analysis compiled from the most current
annual figures reported by state and county facilities demonstrating the amount of
health care funding for off-reservation Native Americans available to the existing non-
emergency facilities;
(4)
recommendations to eliminate duplications of services, improve access,
initiate new services and consolidate non-emergency health care budgets for off-
reservation Native Americans; and
(5)
a comprehensive set of recommendations for redesigning the system of
non-emergency health care available to off-reservation Native Americans;
B. within three years of being named, presentation of a plan for permanent
restructuring of state and local budgets and services for off-reservation Native American
health care to the legislature along with proposed legislation for that restructuring that
addresses:
(1)
financing for persons not eligible for medicaid;
(2)
estimated costs or savings to the state from off-reservation Native
Americans receiving medicaid;
(3)
ways to enhance use of preventive care;
(4)
nonresidential substance abuse treatment;
(5)
residential treatment for substance abuse withdrawal;
(6)
coordination of health care facilities with transportation services; and
(7)
domestic violence and suicide prevention programs; and
C. a set of recommendations to the secretary on projects and programs that fall
within the parameters of the initial off-reservation Native American health care plan and
the permanent restructuring plans as funding becomes available.