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Rhode Island General Laws 42-12-1.1. Transfer of functions from the department of education

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There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of human services:

(1)  Those functions formerly administered by the department of education with respect to vocational rehabilitation;

(2)  All functions of vocational rehabilitation formerly of the department of education and of all other officers, employees, agencies and advisory councils, committees or commissions of vocational rehabilitation;

(3)  So much of other functions, or parts of functions, of the department of education as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (1) and (2).

History of Section.
Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 42-12-1.1; P.L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1.

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Rhode Island General Laws 42-12.1-1. Behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals

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(1)  There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government a department which shall be known as the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. The department shall be headed by a director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-12.1-1

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.

(2)  The director shall carry out all of the provisions of all of the general and public laws heretofore carried out by the director of health and the director of social welfare with relation to:

(a)  Office of mental retardation;

(b)  Division of curative services;

(c)  Division of business services with the exception of the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons; and

(d)  Mental health law;

whose several functions are by this chapter transferred to the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.

History of Section.
Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 42-12.1-1; P.L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1.

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