The commissioner of health and human services must carry out studies, planning, funding administration, coordination, supervision, staffing, program administration, and required public-information materials for chapter programs.
The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall: I. Conduct studies as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. II. Formulate and administer such plans as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. III. Receive and expend, in accordance with plans developed under this chapter, funds made available to the department by the federal government, the state or its political subdivisions, or other sources. IV. Cooperate with the federal government and with other state and local agencies and organizations in developing, extending, and improving the services provided under this chapter. V. Supervise those services authorized by this chapter and provided under contract with local agencies. VI. Employ such persons as necessary to carry out the requirements of this chapter. VII. Administer the supplemental food program for women, infants, and children in accordance with RSA 132:12-a. VIII. Assure the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum in accordance with RSA 132:6. IX. Assure the screening of newborn children for metabolic disorders in accordance with RSA 132:10-a. X. Administer services for children with special health care needs as provided for under RSA 132:13. XI. Prepare, in conjunction with the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention, a brochure which provides information relative to fetal alcohol syndrome and which shall be available to the public in the office of the town clerk and at the check-out counter of the state liquor store. XII. Prepare, in conjunction with the bureau of alcohol and drug services and the division of public health services, a brochure and a poster which provides information relative to the risks of cannabis use during pregnancy, adolescence, and while breastfeeding, which shall be posted and available to the public in all therapeutic cannabis dispensary locations pursuant to RSA 126-X:8. Source: Source. 1921, 151:4. PL 128:2. RL 150:2. RSA 132:2. 1986, 198:12. 1988, 226:1. 1995, 310:182. 2004, 21:4. 2005, 261:1, eff. Sept. 20, 2005. 2021, 47:5, eff. July 24, 2021.