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HB 475 Original 2016 Regular Session Hoffmann
Abstract: Provides for the divisions and officers of the Dept. of Children and Family Services
(DCFS).
Present law divides DCFS into the division of programs and the division of operations and provides
for a deputy secretary for each division.
Proposed law renames the division of programs to the division of child welfare and renames the
division of operations to the division of family support. Proposed law further provides for an
assistant secretary for each division.
Proposed law authorizes the secretary of DCFS to appoint a single deputy secretary to perform duties
and functions determined and assigned by the secretary. Proposed law requires the deputy secretary
to serve as acting secretary in the absence of the secretary.
Effective July 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 36:3(4), 9(C)(2)(intro. para.), 472(A), and 475; Adds R.S. 36:476)