New Mexico § 23-4-1 - Veterans' home created; advisory board
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 23-4-1 — Veterans' home created; advisory board, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-4-1. Veterans' home created; advisory board
A. The “New Mexico state veterans' home” located near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico,
is declared to be a state home for veterans of service in the armed forces of the
United States and their qualifying spouses, surviving spouses and gold star parents. B. The “Fort Bayard medical center veterans' unit”, a separate and distinct unit of
the Fort Bayard medical center, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is declared
to be a state home for veterans of service in the armed forces of the United States. C. There is created the “New Mexico veterans' home advisory board”. The advisory board shall consist of nine members as follows: (1) the secretary of health or the secretary's designee; (2) the secretary of veterans' services or the secretary's designee; (3) the secretary of aging and long-term services or the secretary's designee; (4) the administrator of a private nursing home; (5) a registered health care professional who is employed by a public or private nursing
home; (6) the state commander of the department of New Mexico veterans of foreign wars or
the department commander's designee; (7) the department commander of the American legion or the department commander's
designee; (8) the state commander of disabled American veterans or the state commander's designee;
and (9) a member of any other congressionally recognized veteran service organization. D. The governor shall appoint the members designated in Paragraphs (4), (5) and (9)
of Subsection C of this section, and their terms shall be for three years each. E. The New Mexico state veterans' home shall be under the control and oversight of
the department of health. F. The New Mexico veterans' home advisory board shall provide advice to the secretaries
of veterans' services and health and the administrators of the New Mexico state veterans'
home and the Fort Bayard medical center regarding veterans' services.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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