{"data":{"id":"us-nm/32a-6a-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"32A-6A-2","heading":"Purposes.","body":"The purposes of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act are to:\nA. provide children with access to appropriate assessments, services and treatment;\nB. provide children access to a continuum of services to address their habilitation and treatment needs;\nC. provide children with access to services for identification, prevention and intervention for developmental and mental health needs;\nD. promote delivery of services in a culturally appropriate, responsive and respectful manner;\nE. protect the substantive and procedural rights of children regardless of service setting; and\nF. encourage support for family as critical members of the treatment or habilitation team whenever clinically appropriate.","path":["Chapter 32A - Children's Code","ARTICLE 6A Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18532/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"aa4a97612f94493516db336b257de98a8d3ed2bbfece485632884f79a0f81fcd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/32a-6a-1","next":"us-nm/32a-6a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}