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NM Stat § 9-22-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-10 - Bureaus; chiefs.

The secretary may establish, within each division, such "bureaus" that the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Veterans' Services Department Act. The secretary shall appoint a "chief" to be the administrative head of a bureau. All chiefs and subsidiary employees of the department shall be covered by the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978], unless otherwise provided by law. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-22-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-11 - Administrative services division; duties.

A. The administrative services division shall provide administrative services to the department, including: (1) keeping all official records of the department; (2) providing clerical services in the areas of personnel and budget preparation; (3) providing clerical, recordkeeping and administrative support to agencies administratively attached to the department at their request; (4) coordinating short- and long-term planning of the department; and (5) administering programs and grants that have been assigned to the department by the secretary or governor or by statute, including management of the state approving bureau. B. The administrative services division shall provide fiduciary services, including acting as either court-appointed conservator or representative payee for veterans adjudicated as unable to handle their own financial affairs without assistance. The division shall manage fiduciary funds and safeguard the assets for veterans and their dependents. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 11; 2017, ch. 84, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, provided that the administrative services division's duty to administer programs and grants that have been assigned to the veterans' services department by the secretary of veterans' services or the governor includes the management of the state approving bureau; in Subsection A, Paragraph A(5), after "governor or by statute", added "including management of the state approving bureau".
NM Stat § 9-22-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-12 - Field services division; powers and duties.

The field services division shall assist veterans and their families with claims for federal veterans' administration compensation, pensions, education, medical care and death benefits. The field services division shall operate field offices throughout the state to provide services and disseminate information regarding all federal and state laws beneficial to veterans and their families. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 12. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-22-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-12.1 - Health care coordination division.

The health care coordination division shall:A. develop and coordinate veterans programs and outreach, including transitional living, housing and health care programs; andB. advise and coordinate with the secretary regarding all health care-related issues for veterans and veterans' families.History: Laws 2017, ch. 84, § 7; 2019, ch. 146, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, removed the duty of providing oversight of the New Mexico state veterans' home from the health coordination division; and deleted Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection B.
NM Stat § 9-22-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-13 - State approving bureau.

A. The state approving bureau is created within the administrative services division of the department and is the state approving agency for the purposes of 38 USCA Section 3671. B. The state approving bureau shall evaluate and approve educational programs and training programs for all persons and veterans eligible for educational assistance pursuant to the provisions of Title 38 of the United States Code. Approval of courses, educational programs and training programs, including training on the job, by the state approving bureau shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title 38 of the United States Code. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 13; 2017, ch. 84, § 5. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, changed the state approving division to the state approving bureau within the administrative services division of the veterans' services department; deleted "division" and added "bureau" throughout the section; in the catchline, deleted "division" and added "bureau"; and in Subsection A, added "created within the administrative services division of the department and is".
NM Stat § 9-22-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-14 - State benefits division.

The state benefits division shall: A. provide oversight of veterans' service organizations; B. develop or coordinate veterans' programs and outreach, including economic development; and C. determine eligibility for, conduct or oversee state-funded veterans' services and benefits, including determining eligibility for veteran property tax exemptions, hunting and fishing licensing and motor vehicle license plate programs; managing the Vietnam and children of deceased veterans scholarship programs; and overseeing the military honors burial program and state veterans' cemeteries, monuments and museums. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 14; 2017, ch. 84, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, removed certain programs from the list of veterans' programs that are coordinated by the state benefits division under this section, and made technical changes; in Subsection B, after "including", deleted "transitional living, housing, healthcare and"; and in Subsection C, after "overseeing the", deleted "state funeral" and added "military", and after "honors", deleted "and".
NM Stat § 9-22-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-14.1 - Veterans' enterprise fund; purpose; administration.

The "veterans' enterprise fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, bequests, proceeds from the sale of publications produced by the department, fees collected by the department and public or private funds applied for and received by the department to carry out its programs, duties or services. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund. The department shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out its programs, duties or services. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of veterans' services or the secretary's authorized representative. History: Laws 2011, ch. 40, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 40, § 3 made Laws 2011, ch. 40, § 2 effective July 1, 2011.
NM Stat § 9-22-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-15 - Repealed.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 15; repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 84, § 10.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2017, ch. 84, § 10 repealed 9-22-15 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 15, relating to the veterans' services advisory board, effective July 1, 2017. For provisions of former section, see the 2016 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 9-22-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-16 - Power to act as a personal representative or conservator.

A. The department may act as a: (1) personal representative of a deceased veteran; (2) conservator of the estate of a minor child of a veteran; (3) conservator of the estate of an incompetent veteran; or (4) conservator of the estate of a person who is a bona fide resident of New Mexico and who is certified by the United States veterans' administration as having money due from the veterans' administration, the payment of which is dependent upon the appointment of a conservator for the person. B. A fee shall not be allowed or paid to the department for acting as a personal representative or conservator. C. When the department is appointed as a personal representative in the last will of a veteran, the court or officer authorized to grant testamentary letters in the state shall, upon the proper application, grant testamentary letters to the department. When application is made to a court or officer having authority to grant letters of administration with the will annexed upon the estate of a veteran or upon the estate of a deceased veteran who may have died intestate, and there is no person entitled to the letters who is qualified, competent, willing or able to accept such administration, the court or officer may, at the request of a party interested in the estate, grant letters of administration to the department. A court or officer having authority to grant letters of guardianship of an infant may, upon the same application as is required by law for the appointment of a guardian of such an infant, appoint the department as conservator of the estate of an infant who is the child of a veteran. A court having jurisdiction to appoint a conservator of the estate of an incompetent may appoint the department to be such conservator when the incompetent is a veteran. A court having jurisdiction over a person who is a resident of New Mexico, and who is certified by the United States veterans' administration as having money due from the veterans' administration, the payment of which is dependent upon the appointment of a conservator for the person, may appoint the department to be the conservator. D. The court or officer may make orders respecting the department as the personal representative or conservator and may require the department to render all accounts that the court or officer might lawfully require if the personal representative or conservator were a natural person. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 16. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-22-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-17 - Court proceedings for appointment as personal representative or conservator.

The department may institute a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for appointment as personal representative of the estate of a deceased veteran or as conservator of the estate of a minor child of a veteran or as conservator of the estate of an incompetent veteran without cost and tax. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 17. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-22-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-18 - Action as a personal representative or conservator; bond.

The department shall post with the secretary of state a corporate surety bond in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). The bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the department as personal representative or conservator and shall inure to the use and benefit of each person or estate for whom the department is appointed to act. In a case or proceeding in which the department is appointed as a personal representative of the estate of a veteran or as a conservator of the estate of an incompetent veteran or as a conservator of the estate of a minor child of a veteran, the department shall act without additional bond and the court or official having jurisdiction shall so order in its order of appointment. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 18. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-22-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-19 - Bond premium cost proration.

In each case where the department is appointed to serve as a personal representative or conservator of the estate of a beneficiary of the United States veterans' administration, the court in which the estate is filed shall authorize a charge for each estate's share of the bond premium to be paid from the assets of the estate. The department shall determine the charge to be made against each estate, and the aggregate amount of all charges shall not exceed the bond premium. It is the intent of the legislature that this charge shall be the share of each estate in the cost of the bond that the department posts as provided in Section 18 [9-22-18 NMSA 1978] of the Veterans' Services Department Act. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 19. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-22-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department|Section 9-22-20 - Oaths and affirmations.

The secretary and the employees designated by the secretary may administer oaths and affirmations and execute attestation and certificates. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 20. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 19 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-23-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 11 [9-23-1 to 9-23-11 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act". History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 13, effective May 19, 2004, provided for the transfer of functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies, other property and contractual obligations of the state agency on aging to the aging and long-term care department pursuant to executive order issued in accordance with Laws 2003, Chapter 403 and provided that all statutory references to the state agency on aging shall be deemed to be references to the aging and long-term services department. The functions of the traumatic brain injury program, the home- and community-based medicaid waiver program for the disabled and elderly were transferred to the aging and long-term services department. The functions of the adult protective services, adult day care, attendant care and other home- and community-based long-term care programs that serve seniors or adults with disabilities were transferred from the children, youth and families department to the aging and long-term services department by January 1, 2006.
NM Stat § 9-23-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-2 - Purpose.

The purpose of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act is to create a single, unified department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered by the state agency on aging and to administer laws and exercise functions of the human services department, the department of health and the children, youth and families department that relate to aging, adults with disabilities or long-term care services. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-23-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-3 - Definitions.

As used in the Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act: A. "department" means the aging and long-term services department; and B. "secretary" means the secretary of aging and long-term services. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-23-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-4 - Department created; divisions.

A. The "aging and long-term services department" is created. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions: (1) administrative services division; (2) consumer and elder rights division; (3) aging network services division; (4) long-term care division; and (5) adult protective services division. B. The secretary may organize the department and the divisions specified in Subsection A of this section and may transfer or merge functions between divisions in the interest of efficiency and economy. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature. Cross references. — For implementation of medicaid programs, see 27-15-1 NMSA 1978 et seq., Money Follows the Person in New Mexico Act.
NM Stat § 9-23-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-5 - Secretary of aging and long-term services; appointment.

A. The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the "secretary of aging and long-term services". The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall hold that office at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve in the executive cabinet. B. An appointed secretary shall serve and have all of the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period of time prior to final action by the senate confirming or rejecting the secretary-designate's appointment. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-23-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-7 - Division directors.

The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, "directors" of divisions established in the department. The directors so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-23-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-8 - Bureaus; chiefs.

The secretary may establish in the divisions such bureaus as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department Act. The secretary shall employ a "chief" to be the administrative head of a bureau. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-23-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-9 - Divisions; general duties.

In addition to the duties assigned to each division of the department by the secretary: A. the administrative services division shall provide clerical, recordkeeping and administrative support to the department in the areas of personnel, budget, procurement and contracting; B. the consumer and elder rights division shall administer the long-term care ombudsman program and provide health insurance and benefits counseling and legal services; C. the aging network services division shall administer the federal Older Americans' Act programs; D. the long-term care division shall administer home- and community-based long-term care programs; and E. the adult protective services division shall provide adult protective services. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature. Cross references. — For the Older Americans Act of 1965, see Pub.L. 89-73, 79 Stat. 218.
NM Stat § 9-23-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 23 - Aging and Long-Term Services Department|Section 9-23-10 - Office of Indian elder affairs created.

The "office of Indian elder affairs" is created within the office of the secretary. The office of Indian elder affairs shall assume the responsibilities of the Indian area agency on aging, including contract management, program compliance monitoring, technical assistance, advocacy and training to pueblo and Apache tribe Older Americans Act of 1965 programs, and to establish relationships that support the efforts of the Navajo area agency on aging, and shall participate with the other divisions of the department to review and make recommendations regarding other health and social programs of the department that serve Indian elders. Abolishment or transfer of the office of Indian elder affairs out of the department shall require approval of the legislature. History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature. Cross references. — For the Older Americans Act of 1965, see Pub.L. 89-73, 79 Stat. 218.