New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 321 - SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Part 7 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM › Section 8.321.7.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Act"
means the Behavioral Health Capital Funding Act (Sections
				6-26-1 to 6-26-8 NMSA 1978).
B.
"Agreement"
means the document or documents signed by the board
				and the eligible entity receiving a loan that specifies the terms and
				conditions of obtaining the loan under the program.
C.
"Applicant"
means an eligible
				entity that has filed a request for a loan with the department and the
				authority.
D.
"Application"
means a written document filed with the department
				and the authority by an applicant for the purpose of obtaining a loan. An
				application may include a form prescribed by the department and the authority,
				written responses to requests for information by the department and the
				authority, or other format as determined by the department and the
				authority.
E.
"Application
				committee"
means a six-member body, three members appointed by the chief
				executive officer of the authority from the authority staff and three members
				appointed by the department from the department staff.
F.
"Authority"
means the New
				Mexico finance authority.
G.
"Authorizedrepresentative"
means one or more individuals
				authorized by the governing body of an eligible entity to act on behalf of the
				eligible entity in connection with its application. An authorized
				representative may act on behalf of the eligible entity to the extent provided
				by law.
H.
"Behavioral health
				care"
means a comprehensive array of professional and ancillary services
				for the treatment of mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders or trauma
				spectrum disorders.
I.
"Behavioral health service provider"
means an individual or an
				agency licensed or certified by or receiving funds under contract with the New
				Mexico health care authority for the provision of behavioral health
				services.
J.
"Behavioral
				health care facility"
means a facility operated by a behavioral health
				service provider.
K.
"Board"
means the New Mexico finance authority board, as created
				by and set forth in the bylaws of the authority.
L.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico health care authority.
M.
"Eligible entity"
means a provider that meets the statutory
				definition of "eligible entity" provided for in the act.
N.
"Loan"
means a loan made by
				the authority to an applicant under the program for the funding of a
				project.
O.
"Fund"
means the behavioral health capital fund.
P.
"Program"
means the
				behavioral health capital fund program authorized by the act.
Q.
"Project"
means repair,
				renovation or construction of a behavioral health care facility, purchase of
				land, or the acquisition of capital equipment of a long-term nature. The
				following items shall be eligible or ineligible for purposes of funding through
				a loan:
(1) eligible for funding:
(a) building, construction,
				renovation;
(b) land;
(c) project planning and design;
(d) purchase of capital equipment;