New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB202: CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE DATA SHARING
Status: In committee, February 6, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to children; requiring the children, youth and families department, the health care authority, the early childhood education and care department, the department of health, the public education department, the administrative office of the courts and the department of public safety to enter into a multi-agency memorandum of understanding with the office of child advocate for the sharing of data and agency systems access with the office of child advocate; providing for collaboration with the department of information technology and the attorney general…
From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN; REQUIRING THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT, THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENTER INTO A MULTI-AGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILD ADVOCATE FOR THE SHARING OF DATA AND AGENCY SYSTEMS ACCESS WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILD ADVOCATE; PROVIDING FOR COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; REQUIRING OVERSIGHT AND REPORTS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 9 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read: .233214.2 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ "[NEW MATERIAL] STATE AGENCIES--DATA AND SYSTEMS ACCESS SHARING--MULTI-AGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING-- COLLABORATION--REQUIREMENTS--REPORTS.-- A. As used in this section, "multi-agency memorandum of understanding" means the written agreement executed by the parties to provide for the sharing of agency data and agency systems access with the office of child advocate. B. With the assistance and collaboration of the department of information technology and the attorney general, the office of child advocate and the following state agencies shall enter into an agreement in the form of a single multiagency memorandum of understanding for the purposes of …