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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 7B - Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions
Section 24-7B-1 - Short title.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 24-7B-1 (2019)
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Chapter 24, Article 7B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions Act".

History: Laws 2006, ch. 7, § 1; 2009, ch. 159, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, changed the reference to the act to the chapter and article of NMSA 1978.

Assisted outpatient treatment ordinance preempted by state law. — The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, Chapter 43, Article 1 NMSA 1978, and the Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions Act, Chapter 24, Article 7B NMSA 1978, create a comprehensive scheme governing the treatment of individuals with mental illness, with or without the consent of those individuals, which together preempt home-rule municipalities from enacting a separate ordinance regulating individuals with mental illness. Protection & Advocacy Sys. v. City of Albuquerque, 2008-NMCA-149, 145 N.M. 156, 195 P.3d 1, cert. denied, 2008-NMCERT-009, 145 N.M. 257, 196 P.3d 488.

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