Article 1 and 2 of Chapter 27 NMSA 1978 authorize the state to administer the aid to families with dependent children program (AFDC). Title IV of the Social Security Act and the rules and regulations of the federal department of health, education and welfare, carried under Title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, established the requirements for state plans for assistance to families with dependent children. Section 9-8-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 establishes the health care authority (HCA) as a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions relating to health care facility licensure and health care purchasing and regulation.
N.M. Admin. Code § 8.21.540.3