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§ 2742. Functions, powers and duties of the department. The department\nshall have the following powers and duties:\n 1. to develop a comprehensive statewide program that includes medical,\nhousing, vocational, educational, transportation, social, personal care,\nfamily support, day program services, community re-entry services,\noutpatient rehabilitation services and other essential services;\n 2. to develop outreach services to provide coordinated information\nregarding assistance available to persons with traumatic brain injury\nand their families;\n 3. to develop and maintain a clearinghouse of information on traumatic\nbrain injuries and concussions, including but not limited to, resources\nthat support the development and implementation of community-based\nservices and rehabilit
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§ 2742. Functions, powers and duties of the department. The department\nshall have the following powers and duties:\n 1. to develop a comprehensive statewide program that includes medical,\nhousing, vocational, educational, transportation, social, personal care,\nfamily support, day program services, community re-entry services,\noutpatient rehabilitation services and other essential services;\n 2. to develop outreach services to provide coordinated information\nregarding assistance available to persons with traumatic brain injury\nand their families;\n 3. to develop and maintain a clearinghouse of information on traumatic\nbrain injuries and concussions, including but not limited to, resources\nthat support the development and implementation of community-based\nservices and rehabilitation;\n 4. to track the amount of and cost of services provided to persons\nwith traumatic brain injury placed in out-of-state treatment settings;\n 5. to develop innovative educational programs on the causes and\nprevention of traumatic brain injuries and concussions, with an emphasis\non outreach campaigns. Such programs and information shall include, but\nnot be limited to, treatment and services for persons with traumatic\nbrain injury and/or a concussion and their families;\n 6. to accept and expend any grants, awards of other funds or\nappropriations as may be available for these purposes, subject to\nlimitations as to the approval of expenditures and audits as prescribed\nfor state funds by the state finance law;\n 7. to gather and disseminate statistics and conduct investigations and\nresearch relating to the causes and prevention of traumatic brain\ninjuries and concussions and the treatment of such injuries, including\nthe methods and procedures for rehabilitation, including from time to\ntime, such publications for distribution to appropriate scientific\norganizations;\n 8. to contract with independent consultants to conduct assessments of\nthe needs of persons with traumatic brain injury;\n 9. to develop training programs for persons providing discharge plans\nand case management; and\n 10. to develop standards for licensing or certifying residential and\nnon-residential services for persons with traumatic brain injury to the\nextent that such services are not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction\nof another state agency.\n