217.17 - ADMINISTRATOR OF DIVISION OF PLANNING. - Iowa Statutes

217.17 ADMINISTRATOR OF DIVISION OF PLANNING. The administrator of the division of planning, research, and statistics shall be qualified in the general field of governmental planning with special training and experience in the areas of preparation and development of plans for future efficient reorganization and administration of government social functions. The administrator of the division of planning, research, and statistics shall cooperate with the administrators of the other divisions of the department of human services assisting them and the director of the department in their planning, research, and statistical problems. The administrator of the division of planning, research, and statistics shall assist the administrators, director, and the council on human services by proposing administrative and organizational changes at both the state and local level to provide more efficient and integrated social services to the citizens of this state. The planning, research, and statistical operations now forming an integral part of the present state functions assigned to the administrators of this department along with their future needs in this regard are all assigned to and shall be administered by the administrator of this division.          Section History: Early Form [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 217.17]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 96, § 65, 159