2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 6 - Public Finances
Article 3A - Accountability in Government
Section 6-3A-3 - Definitions.

As used in the Accountability in Government Act:

A. "agency" means a branch, department, institution, board, bureau, commission, district or committee of the state;

B. "approved program" means a program included in an approved list of programs issued by the division pursuant to Section 6-3A-4 NMSA 1978;

C. "baseline data" means the current level of a program's performance measures established pursuant to guidelines established by the division in consultation with the committee;

D. "committee" means the legislative finance committee;

E. "cost beneficial" means that the cost savings and benefits realized over a reasonable period of time are greater than the costs of implementation;

F. "division" means the state budget division of the department of finance and administration;

G. "evidence-based" means that a program or practice:

(1) incorporates methods demonstrated to be effective for the intended population through scientifically based research, including statistically controlled evaluations or randomized trials;

(2) can be implemented with a set of procedures to allow successful replication in New Mexico; and

(3) when possible, has been determined to be cost beneficial;

H. "outcome" means the measurement of the actual impact or public benefit of a program;

I. "output" means the measure of the volume of work completed or the level of actual services or products delivered by a program;

J. "performance-based program budget" means a budget that identifies a total allowed expenditure for a program and includes performance measures, performance standards and program evaluations;

K. "performance measure" means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess the output or outcome of an approved program;

L. "performance target" means the expected level of performance of a program's performance measures;

M. "program" means a set of activities undertaken in accordance with a plan of action organized to realize identifiable goals and objectives based on legislative authorization;

N. "promising" means that a program or practice, based on statistical analyses or preliminary research, presents potential for becoming research-based or evidence-based

O. "research-based" means that a program or practice has some research demonstrating effectiveness, but does not yet meet the standard of evidence-based; and

P. "sub-program" means a set of discrete uniquely identifiable activities undertaken in accordance with a plan of action organized to realize identifiable goals within an approved program.

History: Laws 1999, ch. 5, § 3; 1999, ch. 15, § 3; 2004, ch. 39, § 3; 2019, ch. 23, § 2.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, defined "cost beneficial," "evidence-based," "promising," "research-based," and "sub-program" as used in the Accountability in Government Act; added a new Subsection E and redesignated former Subsection E as Subsection F; added a new Subsection G and redesignated former Subsections F through K as Subsections H through M, respectively; and added new Subsections N through P.

The 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, added new Subsection G, redesignated former Subsections G and H as Subsections H and I, deleted former Subsection I, added Subsection J and redesignated former Subsection J as Subsection K.