There is established a department of human services to administer programs designed to improve the 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 mental retardation, and other related programs as provided by law.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 217.1]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 63, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 38
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