{"id":8191,"date":"2016-02-12T13:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8191"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:12","slug":"nmspeaks-crisis-bringing-stories-about-behavioral-health-to-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/nmspeaks-crisis-bringing-stories-about-behavioral-health-to-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"#NMspeaks Crisis: Bringing Stories About Behavioral Health To Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 12, 2026 – In this week’s show, the Line opinion panelists discussed<\/a> the announcement that the Attorney General’s office cleared 10 behavioral health providers that were accused of fraudulent Medicaid billing by the\u00a0New Mexico Human Services Department\u00a0in 2013.<\/p>\n

Access to behavioral health services is an\u00a0issue across New Mexico, particularly in rural communities. Lawmakers are also currently considering a 19 percent cut to the human service department’s behavioral health services division, which\u00a0would equal\u00a0about 8 million dollars.<\/p>\n

Producers with Generation Justice<\/a> interviewed 60 clients, providers and community leaders over the past year and shared their stories online in a series of videos\u00a0that are part of the\u00a0#NMspeaksCrisis<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n

Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down this week with a Generation Justice fellow and a leader in the behavioral health field to talk about the ongoing challenges people are facing in New Mexico as they seek out treatment for themselves or loved ones.<\/p>\n