1. A. The "children, youth and families department" is created. The department is a cabinet department and consists of, but is not limited to, six divisions as follows:

   1. (1) the protective services division;
   2. (2) the juvenile justice division;
   3. (3) the prevention and intervention division;
   4. (4) the financial services division;
   5. (5) the employee support division; and
   6. (6) the information technology division.
2. B. The secretary is empowered to organize the department and the divisions specified in Subsection A of this section and may transfer or merge functions between divisions in the interest of efficiency and economy.
3. C. The governor is empowered to merge divisions and to abolish or create divisions of the department by executive order in the interest of efficiency and economy.

History: Laws 1992, ch. 57, § 4; 2003, ch. 338, § 2; 2005, ch. 110, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, created the information technology division within the children, youth and families department in Subsection A(6).

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "five divisions" for "six divisions" and substituted the present Subsections A(1) through A(5) for the former Subsections A(1) through A(7) that listed the following divisions: administrative services, preventive services, risk reduction services, moderate intervention services, community residential services, juvenile justice services (until July 1, 1993) and institutional care (beginning July 1, 1993).