(20 ILCS 1305/80-15)
Sec. 80-15.
Transfer of powers.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
Act, all of the rights, powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the
Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, the Department of Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities, and the Department of Rehabilitation Services
or in any office, council, committee, division, or bureau thereof are
transferred to the Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and functions vested in the Department of
Public Aid (or in any office, council, committee, division, or bureau thereof)
under Articles III, IV, VI, IX, and IXA of the Illinois Public Aid Code,
with certain exceptions specified in that Code, are transferred to the
Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997.
In addition, the Department of Human Services may also exercise the rights,
powers, duties, and functions vested in the Department of Public Aid under
Articles I, II, VIIIA, XI, XII, and XIII of the Illinois Public Aid Code to the
extent that they relate to the Department of Human Services' rights, powers,
duties, and functions under Articles III, IV, VI, IX, and IXA of the Illinois
Public Aid Code, subject to certain exceptions specified in that Code.
(c) Certain rights, powers, duties, and functions vested in the Department
of Public Health are transferred to the Department of Human Services on July 1,
1997, as provided in Article 90 of this Act.
(d) Certain rights, powers, duties, and functions vested in the Department
of Children and Family Services are transferred to the Department of Human
Services on July 1, 1997, as provided in Article 90 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)
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