A. The "aging and long-term services department" is created. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:
(1) administrative services division;
(2) consumer and elder rights division;
(3) aging network services division;
(4) long-term care division; and
(5) adult protective services division.
B. The secretary may organize the department and the divisions specified in Subsection A of this section and may transfer or merge functions between divisions in the interest of efficiency and economy.
History: Laws 2004, ch. 23, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Cross references. — For implementation of medicaid programs, see 27-15-1 NMSA 1978 et seq., Money Follows the Person in New Mexico Act.