2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 46 — Public welfare and assistance
RS 46:102 — Powers of the department of children and family services

§102. Powers of the Department of Children and Family Services

The department shall:

(1) Have full and complete authority to make and promulgate all rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of the public welfare laws; these rules and regulations shall be binding upon all parish offices and governing authorities of the various parishes, and shall be complied with so that the spirit and purposes of the public welfare laws may be achieved and the assistance provided for therein may be administered efficiently throughout the state.

(2) Establish adequate standards for personnel employed in the parish or regional offices in the administration of the public welfare laws and make the necessary rules and regulations to maintain such standards, and

(3) Prescribe the form of and print and supply to the parish offices blanks for applications, reports, affidavits, and such other forms as it may deem necessary and advisable.

(4) Employ such additional personnel as may be necessary to establish audit teams in sufficient numbers to make an intensive investigation of any public assistance applicant or recipient whose initial eligibility or whose continued eligibility is difficult to determine. These audit teams shall work the number of hours per week specified by the Department of State Civil Service, but their working days and hours shall be arranged to obtain the greatest efficiency in accomplishing the purpose described above.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 314, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.