The department is empowered to enter into contractual agreements in furtherance of its functions. The department may accept grants and gifts of funds and other property of whatever kind from any source, administer the same according to the terms of the grants or gifts, and enter cooperative programs with private and public instrumentalities, including the […]
The department may: Make grants and contracts under terms and conditions that the commissioner prescribes to any county, city, or profit or nonprofit corporation or any combination of them for the construction, maintenance or operation of facilities, programs, or an array of high quality prevention, early intervention, treatment, and habilitation services and supports for service […]
The commissioner may: Select and recommend to the appropriate state officials the employment of the chief officers of all facilities of the department, all central office personnel, and all professional, technical and other personnel required for the operation of the department; Recommend to the appropriate state officials the salaries and compensation of all officers and […]
The commissioner shall: Based on best practice and research, assess the needs of service recipients and potential service recipients throughout the state, plan for a system to meet the needs, set standards for services and supports for service recipients, promote the development of services and supports for service recipients in a community-based, family-oriented system, perform […]
The commissioner may: Adopt rules necessary to fulfill the department’s responsibilities; Prescribe the form of applications, records, reports and certificates provided for in this title and the information that forms shall contain; and Investigate complaints by a service recipient or anyone on behalf of a service recipient.
The commissioner may designate employees as administrative law judges or hearing officers to conduct contested case hearings when cases are required to be held under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, for admission review hearings for admission to department facilities.
The department shall establish a structured information system to gather all data necessary to carry out its duties with respect to planning, needs assessment, standard setting, evaluation, and promotion of the development of services and supports for the service recipient population, including persons who may become service recipients. The department shall design the system to […]
The commissioner shall initiate the development of and enter into interagency agreements on services and supports for children in coordination with the council on children’s mental health care, adults, and the elderly to: Assure accountability for services and supports across all agencies providing services and supports for a person or family whose service is covered […]
The department shall adopt all rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. All operating guidelines of the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities (sometimes referred to as “DIDD”) and its successors shall be adopted pursuant to the procedure set forth in this subsection (b). For purposes of […]
If the department determines that an emergency substantially impairs a service provider agency’s capacity to provide service to its service recipients and jeopardizes the health or safety of its service recipients, the department may assume temporary operating responsibility for the agency to assure continuity of care and the health and safety of the service recipients.
The department shall involve the council on children’s mental health care in the development of interagency projects and programs, whether state or federally funded, related to children’s mental health care, except where otherwise prohibited by state or federal law.
