New Mexico Statutes Chapter 32A. Children's Code § 32A-5-44. Eligibility for subsidized adoptions

A. The social services division of the human services department [health care authority department] may make payments to adoptive parents or to medical vendors on behalf of a child placed for adoption by the division or by an agency when the division determines that:

B. As used in Sections 32A-5-43 through 32A-5-45 NMSA 1978, a “difficult to place child” means a child who has a mental, physical or emotional disability or who is in special circumstances by virtue of age, sibling relationship or racial background.