A. By January 1, 2015, the department of health shall establish a statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention program.

B. In implementing the statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention program, the department of health shall:

(1) contract for the development of a culturally competent and literacy level-appropriate statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention media campaign, to include a web page, a referral clearinghouse and statewide media placement of print, radio and television messages;

(2) conduct program outreach to the public, to groups or to organizations that advocate for adult fall risk awareness and prevention and to health care providers;

(3) arrange for and coordinate adult fall risk awareness and prevention training and workshops;

(4) serve as a resource for information and written materials on adult fall risk awareness and prevention;

(5) act as a liaison between the New Mexico healthy aging collaborative, the New Mexico older adult falls prevention coalition, groups or organizations that advocate for adult fall risk awareness and prevention and sources of funding for adult fall risk awareness and prevention programming and activities;

(6) contract with one or more universities, colleges or other institutions of higher learning to provide educational programming in evidence-based fall risk assessment and fall prevention strategies;

(7) contract with one or more area agencies on aging, community hospitals, the federal Indian health service, tribally operated 638 health programs or urban Indian health programs to provide fall risk awareness and prevention programming and literature to the public;

(8) conduct trainer instructional workshops and booster training for evidence-based fall risk awareness and prevention programs; and

(9) contract with one or more senior centers, community centers, parks and recreation departments or other local, county, municipal or tribal organizations providing services to senior citizens to implement evidence-based interventions for adult fall prevention.

History: Laws 2014, ch. 37, § 1.

Emergency clauses. — Laws 2014, ch. 37, § 2, contained an emergency clause and was approved March 7, 2014.