Section 26-24-4 Powers of commissioner. - Alabama Statutes

Section 26-24-4

Powers of commissioner.

(a) All functions and duties of the department shall be exercised by the commissioner acting alone or by and through any administrative division or officer or employee that the commissioner may designate. The commissioner shall have all power and authority necessary or convenient to carry out the functions and duties of the department.

(b) The commissioner may request any state or local agency or department which administers programs, other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12, that directly affect Alabama's children to submit to the commissioner information deemed necessary by the commissioner to evaluate and assess the relationship between children's programs and the effectiveness of those programs, other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12.

(c) The commissioner may establish a data base of services offered by the several state and local agencies, and develop a system to provide for better coordination of services.

(d) The commissioner shall work with the state and county children's policy councils and the state and county children's services facilitation teams in order to ensure that a comprehensive coordinated effort is in place to provide for children's services."

(Act 99-439, p. 885, §4, Act 2000-613, p. 1230, §1.)