New Mexico
New Mexico suicide prevention plans and initiatives
The New Mexico Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Awareness collaborates with New Mexico Department of Health (NMDH) Office of Violence and Injury Prevention’s Suicide Prevention Program and the NMDH Office of School and Adolescent Health as well as many other individuals, state agencies, and organizations, including AFSP-New Mexico. In its 2020-2022 State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), NMDH identifies suicide as a key “Substance Use & Mental Health” issue and outlines planning efforts with three statewide goals: (1) develop a statewide suicide prevention plan; (2) increase the number of suicide gatekeepers; and (3) increase secondary prevention of suicide through emergency departments.
In 2011, New Mexico law established a statewide Clearinghouse for Native American Suicide Prevention to support culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and postvention, and Native American youth-focused initiatives (NMSA § 9-7-6.7). In 2013, the law also established an Advisory Council to assist in developing policies, rules, and priorities for the Clearinghouse (NMSA § 9-7-11.5).
New Mexico frequently releases publications related to suicide prevention, such as the Substance Use & Mental Health Epidemiology Profile Dashboard: Executive Summary and Statewide Strategic Plan For Preventing Firearm Injuries And Deaths In New Mexico, 2021-2026. Lastly, in 2023, New Mexico required group health plans, health maintenance organizations, and nonprofit health care plans to cover all mental health or substance use disorder services required by generally recognized standards of care (S.B. 273).
New Mexico laws
Key:
- Required by law
- Encouraged by law
- No law in place
Crisis lines and 988 implementation
- Addresses 988 infrastructure and provides for telecom user fee
- Addresses 988 infrastructure but does not include telecom user fee
- 988 law limited to creating an exploratory commission, advisory committee, or task force
Mental health parity
- Public health plans (e.g., Medicaid) regularly submit parity compliance analyses to state regulators
- Private health plans (individual and group) regularly submit parity compliance analyses to state regulators
K – 12 school suicide prevention
- Inclusion of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and/or other crisis line(s) on student ID cards
- Student allowances for excused mental health absences
- School personnel must report student suicide risk to a parent and/or guardian
- Suicide prevention and/or mental health training for certain school personnel, annual
- Suicide prevention and/or mental health training for certain school personnel, not annual
- Suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policies/programming
- Student education on suicide prevention
Health professional training in suicide assessment, treatment and management
- Mental health professionals receive regular training
- Mental health professionals receive one time training
- Medical/surgical professionals receive regular training
- Medical/surgical professionals receive one time training
Conversion therapy bans
- Prohibits licensed/board certified mental health providers from engaging in conversion therapy with minors under 18 years of age
- Prohibits licensed/board certified mental health providers from engaging in conversion therapy with vulnerable adults
- Prohibits use of state funds for any purpose related to conversion therapy (e.g., conducting, making a referral for, or extending health benefits coverage for)
University and college campus suicide prevention
- Inclusion of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and/or other crisis line(s) on student ID cards
- Students receive information on available mental health and/or suicide prevention services and/or resources
- Adoption of suicide prevention/awareness policy or program
Firearms
- Process for extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs)
- State voluntary do not sell list