Powers, duties, and activities of the department
HRS §321-52
in effect321-52. Powers, duties, and activities of the department
To carry out the purposes of this part, the department of health may:
(1) Establish and administer a program of services for
children with special health needs, which shall provide for developing, extending,
and improving services, especially in rural areas, for locating such children,
and for providing for medical, surgical, corrective, and other services and care,
and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and after-care; extend and improve
any such services; cooperate with medical, health, nursing, and welfare groups and
organizations and with any agency of the State charged with the administration of
laws providing for vocational rehabilitation of children with special health needs;
and, cooperate with the department of education for the education of such children;
(2) Formulate and administer a detailed plan for the purposes
specified in paragraph (1) above; and adopt such rules pursuant to chapter 91 as
may be necessary or desirable for the administration of the plan and of this part.
Any plan shall include provisions for:
(A) Financial participation by the State in the
funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States under applicable federal
legislation;
(B) Administration of the plan by the department;
(C) Such methods of administration (other than
those relating to selection, tenure of office, and compensation of personnel) as
are necessary for the efficient operation of the plan;
(D) Maintenance of records and preparation of
reports of services rendered as shall be directed by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services of the United States;
(E) Carrying out the purposes specified in paragraph
(1) above; and
(F) Cooperation with medical, health, nursing,
and welfare groups and organizations and with any agency in the State charged with
administering state laws providing for vocational rehabilitation of children with
special needs;
(3) Cooperate with the federal government through its
appropriate agency or instrumentality in developing, extending, and improving such
services and receive and expend all funds made available to the department by the
federal government, the State, or its political subdivisions, or from any other
sources, including private donations, for such purposes; and
(4) Take all other actions necessary or desirable to carry
out the purposes of this part.
[L 1939, c 179, §3; RL 1945, §2103; RL 1955, §46-42;
am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§18, 19; HRS §321-52; am L 1981, c 71, §1; am L 1984, c 13,
§1; am L 1988, c 4, §3]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0321/HRS_0321-0052.htmFetched: 11/10/2026