The commission on aging [aging and long-term services department] shall establish and maintain a comprehensive statewide program designed to meet the social service needs of the state's aged population. Not by way of limitation, the commission [department] shall:
A. strengthen and coordinate services of state and local public bodies for the benefit of the aged;
B. promote the utilization of older persons in all phases of employment;
C. disseminate information to the aged relative to federal, state and local services for the aged;
D. encourage training programs, retraining programs and opportunities for older workers;
E. develop new methods of job placement for older workers;
F. promote public recognition of the advantages of hiring and retaining older workers; and
G. promote and develop programs of community resources and facilities designed to meet the social needs of older persons.
History: 1953 Comp., § 13-1-59, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 55, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2003, ch. 403, §§ 1 and 2, effective June 20, 2003, provided that the governor may, by executive order issued in 2003, make the following state agencies cabinet-level departments: (1) the state agency on aging may become the aging and long-term care department [aging and long-term services department]; (2) the office of cultural affairs may become the cultural affairs department; (3) the New Mexico office of Indian affairs may become the Indian affairs department; and (4) the New Mexico veterans' service commission may become the veterans' service department. Functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, files, furniture equipment, and property of a specified agency would be transferred to the resulting departments.
Cross references. — For provisions regarding the office of guardianship, see 28-16B-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
For elderly homeowners' maximum property tax liability and income tax credit or refund for excess, see 7-2-18 NMSA 1978.
For definitions applicable to provisions of the first three sections of this article, see 27-1-1 NMSA 1978.