As used in Paragraph A of Article 5 of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase, "appropriate authority in the receiving state," with reference to New Mexico shall mean the health and social services department [human services department][health care authority department]. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-16A-4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 151, § 4; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 32A-11-4 by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 212. Bracketed material. — The health and social services department has been abolished, and its functions have been transferred, in part, to the human services department, pursuant to Laws 1977, ch. 252, §§ 3, 5. See 9-8-3 NMSA 1978. The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not a part of the law. Laws 2023, ch. 205, § 16 provided that references to the human services department shall be deemed to be references to the health care authority department. Contingent repeal. — Laws 2023, ch. 118, § 6 provided that the provisions of 32A-11-4 NMSA 1978 shall become effective when the thirty-fifth state has enacted the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children as provided in Section B of Article 14 of the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. The secretary of children, youth and families shall notify the governor, the executive director of the New Mexico compilation commission and the director of the legislative council service when the thirty-fifth state has enacted the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
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