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Senate Bill 219 which would establish a medical psilocybin program, making New Mexico only the third state to do so, passed its first committee Tuesday.

In his State of the Judiciary address before the Legislature Thursday, New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Thomson touted recent reforms to pretrial detention and called for continued collaboration among the three branches of government.

The Bernco Commission will hold a key vote on an ordinance that establishes at countywide Behavioral Healthcare Authority. While it's proponents say it's a necessary change, detractors say the details aren't fleshed out well enough, and could leave patients wanting.

At a community meeting Monday night, Bernalillo County employees said they are worried about several changes outlined in a proposed ordinance the County Commission will vote on next week.

New Mexico’s behavioral health system still hasn’t recovered from 2013, when many service providers were forced to close under former Gov. Susana…

Getting behavioral health care in New Mexico has never been easy. The system that cares for people with things like mental illness, addiction, and…

The state fired the private company in charge of prisoner health care and gave the contract to another company after a 2016 investigation into dangerously…