2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 22 - Children's Cabinet
Section 32A-22-2 - Children's cabinet created.

A. The "children's cabinet" is created and is administratively attached to the office of the governor. The children's cabinet shall meet at least six times each year.

B. The children's cabinet consists of:

(1) the governor;

(2) the lieutenant governor;

(3) the secretary of children, youth and families;

(4) the secretary of early childhood education and care;

(5) the secretary of corrections;

(6) the secretary of human services;

(7) the secretary of workforce solutions;

(8) the secretary of health;

(9) the secretary of finance and administration;

(10) the secretary of economic development;

(11) the secretary of public safety;

(12) the secretary of aging and long-term services;

(13) the secretary of Indian affairs; and

(14) the secretary of public education.

C. Each year, the governor shall select a person to serve as chair of the cabinet.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 64, § 2; 2019, ch. 48, 17.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, added the secretary of early childhood education and care to the children's cabinet, substituted the secretary of labor with the secretary of workforce solutions for membership in the children's cabinet, and required the governor to select a person to serve as chair; in Subsection B, added a new Paragraph (4) and redesignated the succeeding paragraphs accordingly; in Paragraph B(7), after "secretary of", deleted "labor" and added "workforce solutions"; and in Subsection C, after "Each year, the", deleted "children's cabinet" and added "governor", and after "shall select", deleted "the governor or lieutenant governor to be the chairperson" and added "a person to serve as chair of the cabinet".