§ 42-66-3. Transfer of functions from the department of community affairs.
There are transferred to the director of the department of elderly affairs:
(1) Those duties with respect to elderly citizens as enacted by former §§ 42-44-9 and 42-44-10;
(2) So much of other functions or parts of functions of the director of the department of community affairs; provided, however, that those duties with respect to housing facilities, projects, and programs for the elderly shall be within the jurisdiction of the governor’s office of intergovernmental relations; and
(3) Whenever in the general laws or in any public law the words “administration of division of aging,” “division on aging” and “director and/or department of community affairs” shall appear in relation to elderly affairs, the reference shall be deemed to mean and include the director and the department of elderly affairs, as the case may be.
History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 235, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-66 - Office of Healthy Aging
Section 42-66-1. - Declaration of purpose.
Section 42-66-2. - Establishment of department — Director.
Section 42-66-3. - Transfer of functions from the department of community affairs.
Section 42-66-4. - Duties of the division.
Section 42-66-4.1. - Definitions.
Section 42-66-4.2. - Repealed.
Section 42-66-5. - Divisions of department.
Section 42-66-6. - Administrative units.
Section 42-66-7. - Advisory commission on aging.
Section 42-66-8.1. - Abuse of elderly persons — Telephone line.
Section 42-66-9. - Obstruction of provision of services.
Section 42-66-10. - Confidentiality of records.
Section 42-66-11. - Immunity from liability.
Section 42-66-12. - Transfer of powers and functions from department of elderly affairs.