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NM Stat § 32A-26-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 32A - Children's Code|Article 26 - Fostering Connections|Section 32A-26-7 - Fostering connections program; children's court petition; jurisdiction; contents; program file.

A. An eligible adult participating in the fostering connections program shall remain under the jurisdiction of the children's court while participating in the program. The eligible adult is the eligible adult's own legal custodian.B. Within fifteen days after the voluntary services and support agreement is executed, the department shall file a petition initiating proceedings pursuant to the Fostering Connections Act that shall be entitled, "In the Matter of . . . . . . . . . , an eligible adult", and shall set forth with specificity:(1) the name, birth date and residence of the eligible adult; and(2) the facts necessary to invoke the jurisdiction of the court.C. A petition filed pursuant to Subsection B of this section shall be accompanied by a copy of the eligible adult's voluntary services and support agreement and transition plan.D. There shall be no interruption in the foster care maintenance payment, housing, medical assistance coverage or case management for an eligible adult who is eligible and chooses to participate in the fostering connections program immediately following the termination of children's court jurisdiction at age eighteen.E. At the inception of a fostering connections proceeding, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the eligible adult. If the eligible adult consents, the attorney who previously served as the eligible adult's attorney may be appointed. F. Until excused by a court, an attorney appointed to represent an eligible adult shall represent the eligible adult in any subsequent appeals.G. A hearing held pursuant to the Fostering Connections Act shall be commenced within ninety days of the filing of the petition, at which time the court shall review the voluntary services and support agreement and determine whether the agreement is in the best interests of the eligible adult and the transition plan meets the requirements of the Fostering Connections Act.History: Laws 2019, ch. 149, § 7; 2020, ch. 52, § 9. ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, required the court, in a hearing held pursuant to the Fostering Connections Act, to determine whether the transition plan meets the requirements of the act; in Subsection C, added "transition" preceding "plan"; in Subsection F, deleted "Unless" and added "Until"; and in Subsection G, after "best interests of the eligible adult", added "and the transition plan meets the requirements of the Fostering Connections Act".
NM Stat § 32A-26-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 32A - Children's Code|Article 26 - Fostering Connections|Section 32A-26-9 - Discharge hearing.

A. At the last review hearing held prior to the eligible adult's twenty-first birthday, or prior to an eligible adult's discharge from the fostering connections program, the court shall review the eligible adult's transition plan and shall determine whether the department has made active efforts to implement the requirements of Subsection B of this section.B. The court shall determine whether the department made active efforts to assist the eligible adult in effectuating each element of the transition plan.C. If the court finds that the department has not made active efforts to assist the eligible adult in effectuating each element of the transition plan and that termination of jurisdiction would be harmful to the eligible adult, the court may continue to exercise its jurisdiction for a period not to exceed one year from the eligible adult's twenty-first birthday or the eligible adult's discharge from the fostering connections program; provided that the eligible adult consents to continued jurisdiction of the court. The court may dismiss the case for good cause at any time after the eligible adult's twenty-first birthday or the eligible adult's discharge from the fostering connections program.History: Laws 2019, ch. 149, § 9; 2020, ch. 52, § 11. ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, clarified duties of the children's court in determining whether the transition plan is being put into effect; in Subsection A, after "eligible adult's", deleted "twentieth" and added "twenty-first", and after "department has made", deleted "reasonable" and added "active"; in Subsection B, after "whether", added "the department has made active efforts to assist the eligible adult in effectuating each element of the transition plan", and deleted former Paragraphs B(1) through B(4); and in Subsection C, after "department has not made", deleted "reasonable efforts to meet all of the requirements of Subsection B of this section" and added "active efforts to assist the eligible adult in effectuating each element of the transition plan".
NM Stat § 32A-26-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 32A - Children's Code|Article 26 - Fostering Connections|Section 32A-26-11 - Administrative appeals.

A young adult may appeal an adverse eligibility determination in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. The department shall provide the young adult, in the young adult's primary language, with clear and developmentally appropriate verbal and written information concerning the administrative appeal process.History: Laws 2020, ch. 52, § 13. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 52 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 20, 2020, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 32A-26-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 32A - Children's Code|Article 26 - Fostering Connections|Section 32A-26-12 - Duties of the department.

A. The department shall notify every child in its custody about the fostering connections program beginning when the child attains sixteen years of age and at every transition planning meeting thereafter.B. Prior to attaining seventeen years and six months of age, every child in the custody of the department shall be provided detailed information about the fostering connections program and given the opportunity to develop a voluntary services and support agreement that would be finalized and executed upon the child attaining eighteen years of age.History: Laws 2020, ch. 52, § 14. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 52 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 20, 2020, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 33-1-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-1 - Short title.

Sections 33-1-1 through 33-1-9 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Corrections Act." History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 1; 1971, ch. 221, § 1. ANNOTATIONSPower to grant parole vested with adult parole hearing board. — The ultimate power to grant or revoke parole is vested in the adult parole hearing board and such powers shall be exercised by the board in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Probation and Parole Act, 31-21-3 NMSA 1978 et seq. and the Corrections Act, 33-1-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-12.
NM Stat § 33-1-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Corrections Act: A. "division" or "department" means the corrections department; B. "director" or "secretary" means the secretary of corrections; C. "corrections facility" means any facility or program controlled or operated by the state or any of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state funds for the correctional care of persons, including but not limited to: (1) the "penitentiary of New Mexico", which consists of the penitentiary at Santa Fe and other places in the state designated by the secretary; and (2) the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978]; D. "commission" means the corrections industries commission; and E. "warden" or "superintendent" means the administrative director of a correctional facility. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-2, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 4, § 1; 1988, ch. 101, § 31; 2005, ch. 23, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, changed the definition of corrections facility to include the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act; and changed the definition of commission from the corrections commission to mean the corrections industries commission.
NM Stat § 33-1-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-3 - Purpose.

It is the purpose of the legislature to create a single, unified corrections department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and exercised by the penitentiary of New Mexico and the state board of probation and parole except to the extent delegated to the parole board by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-3, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 3; 1971, ch. 221, § 3; 1975, ch. 194, § 9; 1977, ch. 257, § 98; 1988, ch. 101, § 32.
NM Stat § 33-1-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-4 - Repealed.

History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 4; 1971, ch. 221, § 4; 1977, ch. 257, § 99; repealed by Laws 2005, ch 23, § 7.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2005, ch. 23, § 7 repealed 33-1-4 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 4, relating to the corrections division, effective July 1, 2005. For provisions of former section, see the 2004 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 33-1-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-4.1 - Vulnerable offenders program; prevention of victimization.

A. The corrections department may develop and implement a special program for certain male and female offenders who have been identified by the department as being vulnerable offenders who, if not provided with a special program, would be vulnerable to victimization by inmates and subject to unusual or extraordinary mental or physical harassment, intimidation, harm or injury. B. Vulnerability shall be determined by factors such as age, mental health or special education needs. If an offender is less than twenty-one years of age, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the offender is vulnerable. A vulnerable offenders program shall not result in the diminution of civil rights for vulnerable offenders. History: Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 230; 1995, ch. 206, § 46. ANNOTATIONSThe 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, deleted "youthful" following "vulnerable" in the section heading, deleted "youthful" preceding "offenders" and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection A, and rewrote Subsection B.
NM Stat § 33-1-4.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-4.2 - Restraints on pregnant prisoners.

A. An adult or juvenile correctional facility, detention center or local jail shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary when the facility has actual or constructive knowledge that an inmate is in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. No restraints of any kind shall be used on an inmate who is in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from the delivery unless there are compelling grounds to believe that the inmate presents: (1) an immediate and serious threat of harm to herself, staff or others; or (2) a substantial flight risk and cannot be reasonably contained by other means. B. If an inmate who is in labor or who is delivering her baby is restrained, only the least restrictive restraints necessary to ensure safety and security shall be used. History: Laws 2009, ch. 73, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 73 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2009, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 33-1-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-5 - Director of corrections; employment.

The administrative head of the division is the "director of corrections" who shall be employed by the secretary of the criminal justice department [secretary of corrections] to serve at the pleasure of the secretary of the criminal justice department [secretary of corrections]. The director shall possess a degree from an accredited university and a minimum of five years' experience in the corrections field, including supervisory and managerial experience; or a minimum of ten years' experience in the corrections field, including a minimum of five years' supervisory and managerial experience. He shall receive compensation as provided by law. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-5, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 5; 1971, ch. 221, § 5; 1977, ch. 257, § 100. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1981, ch. 73, § 8 provided that all references in law to the secretary of criminal justice be construed as references to the secretary of corrections. Cross references. — For definition of "division", see 33-1-2A NMSA 1978. For appointment of director, see 9-3-5B(10), 9-3-6 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 33-1-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-6 - Powers and duties of secretary.

The secretary of corrections and criminal rehabilitation [secretary of corrections] shall: A. employ administrative, professional and clerical personnel in accordance with the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978] as necessary to carry out the work of the corrections and criminal rehabilitation department [corrections department]; B. adopt rules and regulations necessary for administration of the Corrections Act, and enforce and administer those so adopted; C. collect and compile statistical, social and financial data pertaining to the operation of the department and the incidence of crime and delinquency, obtain related reports from the courts, law enforcement agencies and other agencies having this information; D. cooperate with federal, state and local officials and agencies, public and private, in the furtherance of the purposes of the Corrections Act; E. act as state administrator, or designate a representative to act as state administrator, for any interstate correctional compacts where another person is not designated by law to act as administrator; F. establish in cooperation with the correctional training academy a mandatory training program for correctional officers and guards as a prerequisite to officer certification; G. institute programs for the training and development of professional skills for all personnel within the department in conjunction with the education and training division; and H. encourage and promote the rehabilitation, education, employment and reintegration into society of persons adjudicated delinquents or convicted of a crime and sentenced to a corrections facility. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-6, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 6; 1971, ch. 221, § 6; 1977, ch. 257, § 101; 1981, ch. 132, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1981, ch. 73, § 8 provided that all references in law to the secretary of corrections and criminal rehabilitation be construed as references to the secretary of corrections. Cross references. — For the prison-based drug rehabilitation program, see 9-3-3.1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 33-1-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-7 - Construction of applicable laws.

Wherever, under any statute which was administered or enforced prior to July 1, 1969, by the penitentiary of New Mexico board, the state board of probation and parole or by the boards of the New Mexico boys' school or the girls' welfare home or by the juvenile probation services division of the administrative office of the courts, or by their officers or employees, reference is made to any such officers, employees or agencies, the reference shall be construed to mean the corrections division [corrections department], except as powers and duties are designated to the parole board by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 9; 1971, ch. 221, § 9; 1975, ch. 194, § 10; 1977, ch. 257, § 102. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1981, ch. 73, § 8 provided that all references in law to the corrections division be construed as references to the corrections department. Power to grant parole vested with adult parole hearing board. — The ultimate power to grant or revoke parole is vested in the adult parole hearing board and such powers shall be exercised by the board in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Probation and Parole Act, 31-21-3 NMSA 1978 et seq. and the Corrections Act, 33-1-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-12.
NM Stat § 33-1-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-8 - Earmarked funds.

Property or funds held in trust or earmarked for use by a specific correctional facility shall be kept for that use. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-10, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 221, § 10. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 221, § 10, repealed 42-9-10, 1953 Comp., relating to transitional provisions concerning rules, employees, property, etc., of those agencies affected by the Corrections Act, and enacted a new section.
NM Stat § 33-1-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-9 - Liberal interpretation.

The Corrections Act shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes. History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-11, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 11.
NM Stat § 33-1-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-11 - Correctional officer qualifications.

Members of the corrections department correctional officer force, excluding correctional specialists, shall: A. at the time of their appointment, be citizens of the United States; B. at the time of their appointment, have reached age of majority; C. have at least a high school education or its equivalent; D. be of good moral character and not have been convicted of a felony or any infamous crime in the courts of this or any other state or in the federal courts; and E. successfully pass any physical and aptitude examination the department may require. History: Laws 1981, ch. 132, § 2; 1986, ch. 40, § 1.
NM Stat § 33-1-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-12 - Corrections department; group life insurance.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 and in addition to all other benefits provided adult correctional officers and correctional officer specialists, the corrections department shall provide life insurance coverage in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each adult correctional officer and correctional officer specialist to be paid to his designated beneficiary. The coverage shall include double indemnity provisions for death incurred in the line of duty. The coverage shall be provided by a group term insurance policy, the premium for which shall be paid out of state funds appropriated to the department. History: Laws 1981, ch. 311, § 1; 1990, ch. 29, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For group insurance by state departments and institutions and all political subdivisions of the state, see 10-7-4 NMSA 1978. The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, substituted "corrections department" for "corrections and criminal rehabilitation department" in the catchline and the first sentence, deleted "and juvenile correctional officers" following "specialists" and "specialist" in the first sentence, deleted "corrections and criminal rehabilitation" preceding "department" at the end of the third sentence, and made minor stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 33-1-13 to 33-1-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-13 to 33-1-16 - Terminated.

ANNOTATIONSTerminations. — Laws 1981, ch. 339, §§ 1 to 4 (33-1-13 to 33-1-16 NMSA 1978), which related to the corrections personnel board within the corrections and criminal rehabilitation department (now corrections department), are terminated by virtue of § 4 of that act (33-1-16 NMSA 1978) which provided that the corrections personnel board would terminate on December 31, 1982, unless otherwise extended, and that employees of the department would thereafter be covered by the Personnel Act unless excluded from coverage under 10-9-4 NMSA 1978. See 10-9-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 33-1-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions|Article 1 - Corrections Department|Section 33-1-18 - Funds created.

There are created in the state treasury special funds to be known as the "corrections department building fund", the "Guadalupe county prison fund" and the "New Mexico prison fund". The funds shall consist of money appropriated by the legislature, from year to year, from the income of the permanent fund and land income of which the penitentiary of New Mexico is the beneficiary and any other revenues that are appropriated to the funds, other than revenues derived from property taxes or general fund revenues. Income from investment of each special fund created by this section shall be credited to that fund. History: Laws 1990 (1st S.S.), ch. 5, § 1; 1995, ch. 214, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 1995 amendment, effective April 7, 1995, substituted "Funds" for "Fund" in the section heading; rewrote the first sentence which read "There is created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the 'corrections department building fund'"; substituted "The funds" for "The fund" at the beginning of the second sentence and added the language beginning "and any other revenues" at the end thereof; and rewrote the third sentence which read "No other funds of the state shall be deposited or paid into the corrections department building fund". Appropriations. — Laws 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 8, § 1, effective May 11, 1998, appropriated $4,400,000 of the distribution of the land grant permanent funds of which the penitentiary of New Mexico was the beneficiary to the corrections department for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for operations of the penitentiary of New Mexico, contingent upon the corrections department negotiating and entering into a contract or an amendment to the contract with Wackenhut, whereby the parties agree that in addition to programs already contracted for, a prison industries program, a three hundred-bed therapeutic substance abuse program and family visitation as provided statutorily shall be provided.