(a) Authorization and oversight of prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs are hereby transferred from the department of health and environment to the Kansas council on developmental disabilities. The powers, duties and functions of the department of health and environment related to prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs as provided in K.S.A. 65-1,259, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred and imposed upon the Kansas council on developmental disabilities. (b) Whenever the department of health and environment, the secretary of health and environment, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by statute, contract or other document, and such reference or designation is in regard to any function, power or duty related to prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs as provided in K.S.A. 65-1,259, and amendments thereto, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the Kansas council on developmental disabilities. (c) All rules and regulations, orders and directives of the secretary of health and environment related to prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs that are in effect pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,259, and amendments thereto on the effective date of this act shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders and directives of the chairperson of the Kansas council on developmental disabilities until amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law.
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