New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 21 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Part 3 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ENTITY CONTRACTING
Section 7.21.3.9 - ELIGIBLE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ENTITY (BHE)
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The collaborative shall award a contract to one or more behavioral health entities which meets applicable requirements and standards delineated under state and federal law including Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (regarding education programs and activities), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The BHE contract shall, at a minimum, manage delivery of all covered behavioral health services (both medicaid and non-medicaid services), including network development and management, tracking funding and expenditures from various funding sources, conducting utilization management, ensuring coordination of services, ensuring quality management and improvement, and conducting various administrative functions.
A. BHE contract procurement: The collaborative may, in conjunction with human services department, jointly procure contractors to provide both BH and other medicaid services.
B. BHE contract issuance: Prior to execution of a contract with a BHE, the collaborative must meet and give approval as to the substance and form of the proposed contract. The executive committee is authorized to negotiate, sign and execute the contract with a BHE without further approval from the other members.
C. BHE contract amendments: The BHE contract shall not be altered, changed or amended other than by an instrument in writing executed by the contractor and the co-chairs of the collaborative. The executive committee is authorized to adopt and execute an amendment to a BHE contract on behalf of the collaborative without obtaining prior approval of the other members.
D. Other contracts: The chair and co-chairs are authorized to negotiate any additional contracts, memoranda of understanding or other agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereto, on behalf of the collaborative without obtaining the prior approval of the members.
