Iowa Code § 217.1A

Current through bills signed by governor as of 5/17/2024

Section 217.1A - Programs of department

There is established a department of health and human services to administer programs designed to protect and improve the health, well-being, and productivity of the people of the state of Iowa. The department shall concern itself with the problems of human behavior, adjustment, and daily living through the administration of programs of family, child, and adult welfare, economic assistance including costs of medical care, rehabilitation toward self-care and support, delinquency prevention and control, treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, care and treatment of persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability, public health, and other related programs as provided by law.

Iowa Code § 217.1A

Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 324, eff. 7/1/2023.

C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 217.1 83 Acts, ch 96, §63, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §38; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §20

This section reflects changes made by the Code Editor.

Department to develop and implement strategies to increase efficiencies by reducing paperwork, decreasing staff time, and providing more streamlined services; annual progress report to joint appropriations subcommittee on health and human services; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §335

Section transferred from §217.1 in Code 2024

Section amended