New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 30 - FAMILY AND CHILDREN HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Part 4 - COUNTY MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PLAN ACT REQUIREMENTS
Section 7.30.4.6 - OBJECTIVE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The purpose of the County Maternal and Child Health Plan Act is to encourage the development of comprehensive, family centered, community-based, culturally competent, maternal and child health plans designed to coordinate available resources to meet the needs of childbearing women and their families and thereby improve the long-term health of New Mexicans across the state. The purpose will be accomplished through, but not be limited to, the following activities:
A. assisting counties in the creation and development of county maternal and child health planning councils for the purpose of developing a county maternal and child health plan which will identify needed services, current resources and service gaps in the county;
B. providing training and technical assistance to the appointed county maternal and child health planning councils; and
C. distributing financial assistance to eligible programs in order to sustain or provide optimal levels of maternal and child health services.