About Us
The New Mexico Monitored Treatment Program (MTP) provides CONFIDENTIAL services statewide for health professionals with substance abuse, mental health, physical health and workplace issues. MTP was started, in 1987, by the New Mexico Medical Society’s Physician Aid Committee (PAC). Over the years the program has grown and changed to meet the needs of the health care community.
MTP staff are specially trained, licensed and qualified professionals providing assessment, referral, follow-up, treatment planning, monitoring and reporting, as well as community outreach, education, presentation and consultation to a variety of settings.
The MTP Board of Directors governs the program and quality of services the program provides, and engages in many other activities that educate health care professionals about chemical dependency, mental health, work place issues etc., and promotes MTP around New Mexico. The Board meets quarterly to oversee the finances and operations of the program. Members are individuals from the health care field who have special interest and/or expertise in the services MTP provides. Some of the members are graduates of MTP, others may be in recovery from substance abuse or mental illness, some are active in the practice of healthcare and others retired. All have a sincere interest in assuring the health care profession has a program that can provide services to assist in obtaining help for his/her diagnosis and providing a monitoring record that provides support for participation in MTP.
Senate Bill 309 (Impaired Health Provider Act) was passed in 1987, which allows health professional boards to assess a fee as part of each license renewal fee to create a fund for contracting with a non–profit program to provide treatment, monitoring and advocacy for recovering health professionals.
The New Mexico Medical Board contracts with MTP through a competitive bidding process, through a release of a request for proposal (RFP) for services. MTP had bid on each published RFP and has been awarded the contract each time, the most recent in 2005. Other health professional boards also contract with MTP for services.
MTP being a statewide program has identified population centers around
the state. MTP staff make regular visits to these population centers to
meeting with participants from around that area for follow-up. Also during
these visits, MTP staff will meet with local health care institutions,
professional societies, contracted professional referral sources, and
others.
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