The "information and referral task force" is created in the council to develop a statewide, comprehensive "211" information and referral plan for use as a telephone dialing code for access to health and human services. The plan shall include a tariff structure based on existing agreements, a common taxonomy of terms, coordination between public and private systems and standardized statewide training and exploration of a centralized information repository. The task force shall include representation from the department of health; the human services department [health care authority department]; the children, youth and families department; the early childhood education and care department; the workforce solutions department; the aging and long-term services department; the internet long-term care link program; the governor's commission on disability; the New Mexico commission for the blind; the commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons; a statewide organization that raises money for health and human service purposes; and other interested parties. History: Laws 2003, ch. 323, § 1; 2021, ch. 61, § 15; 2022, ch. 30, § 13. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2023, ch. 205, § 16 provided that references to the human services department shall be deemed to be references to the health care authority department. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, provided that the information and referral task force shall include representation from the early childhood education and care department; and after "children, youth and families department", added "the early childhood education and care department". The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, made technical amendments; after "referral task force located in the", deleted "developmental disabilities planning", after "children, youth and families department; the", deleted "labor" and added "workforce solutions", after the next occurrence of "the", deleted "state agency on", after "aging", added "and long-term services department", and after "governor's", deleted "committee on concerns of the handicapped" and added "commission on disability".
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