30:1AA-14 Office, responsibilities.
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5. The responsibilities of the office shall include, but are not limited to:
a. Developing a long-range comprehensive plan for the prevention of developmental disabilities in accordance with the priorities established by the Governor's Council on the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities;
b. Encouraging cooperative programs of research among State governmental departments and agencies, universities and private agencies;
c. Developing public information campaigns about the causes of developmental disabilities and the means for preventing developmental disabilities;
d. Coordinating public education programs about the causes and prevention of developmental disabilities and determining professional in-service training needs in these areas;
e. Stimulating expanded and new services for the prevention of developmental disabilities; and
f. Making recommendations to the Commissioner of Human Services regarding any needed executive or legislative action.
L.1987, c.5, s.5; amended 2000, c.82, s.2; 2010, c.50, s.26.