§ 40.1-1.1-3. Powers of department. The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals is hereby authorized: (1) To develop jointly with the federal government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality, a plan or plans for the purpose specified in § 40.1-1.1-1 and to make rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the administration of plans and the provisions of this chapter; (2) To receive and expend in accordance with those plans any funds made available to the department by the federal government, the state, or its political subdivision for that purpose; (3) To develop services and to provide encouragement in assistance of adequate methods of treatment of psychiatric disorders in accordance with those plans. History of Section. P.L. 1948, ch. 2113, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 26-1-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
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