O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 37-1-4 (2019)

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; functions, duties; commissioner

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) There is created a Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. The powers, functions, and duties of the Department of Human Resources as they existed on June 30, 2009, relating to the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases are transferred to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities effective July 1, 2009.

(b) There is created the position of commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities. The commissioner shall be the chief administrative officer of the department and be both appointed and removed by the board, subject to the approval of the Governor. Subject to the general policy established by the board, the commissioner shall supervise, direct, account for, organize, plan, administer, and execute the functions vested in the department.

(c) There shall be created in the department such divisions as may be found necessary for its effective operation. The commissioner shall have the power to allocate and reallocate functions among the divisions within the department.

History

Code 1981, § 37-1-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Baldwin Cnty. v. Dep't of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities for the State of Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2024).
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Baldwin Cnty. v. Dep't of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities for the State of Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 6× “10 See OCGA § 37-1-4 (a). 4 Additionally, the General Assembly assigned some of DHR’s responsibilities to DCH.”
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