Turquoise highlights strain on mental health care and law enforcement
The piece links mental health service cuts to police interactions with the homeless, citing James Boyd’s death and New Mexico Turquoise program turmoil. It notes Chaves County expanding its jail, Lifewell Behavioral Wellness funding ties, Medicaid fraud probes, and the withdrawal of administrative support impacting Turquoise Health and Wellness in New Mexico.
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James Boyd
Sandia
Albuquerque
APD
U.S
Chaves County
Roswell Daily Record
Turquoise
Martinez
Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico Human Services Department
Attorney General
Arizona
New Mexico
Phoenix
Lifewell Behavioral Wellness
Lifewell
Atcentral.com
Azcentral.com
General Fund
Lifewell Behavioral Wellness of
Turquoise Health and Wellness
Turquoise Health and Wellness Inc
Turquoise Health
Lawmakers shuffle chairs and name new committee roles
Espinoza and Ezzell win chair positions and file education and labor bills as Tripp and others appoint to key panels. Espinoza gains Education Committee chair with daily duties for two months while Ezzell leads Agriculture Water and Wildlife with focus on water policy and business relief.
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Espinoza
Sonny
Nora
Monica Youngblood
Albuquerque
Lea
Chaves
Eddy
Tripp
Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
Ezzell
House Labor Committee
House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee
House
Agriculture, Water and Wildlife Committee
Wooley
Veterans Services Department
Senate
Republicans
Cliff R. Pirtle
Roswell
New Mexico
Pirtle
Senate Rules Committee
Jeff Tucker
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