The department may do all of the following activities:
- (1) Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, in order to provide a continuing analysis of trends to state agencies and to the Legislature.
- (2) Request and receive demographic and population data from the Department of Finance.
- (3) Make any additional collection of data necessary to describe and analyze fertility, family formation and dissolution, abortion practices, and other factors related to population dynamics, public health, and the environment.
- (4) Assess the health, environmental, and related effects of current and projected population.
- (5) Formulate recommendations for programs, consistent with individual rights and the integrity of the environment, to respond to projected trends.