(a)As used in this section:
(i)"Human services agency" means any division,
institution and program within the department of health, the
department of workforce services or the state department of
family services and all institutions, boards and programs
administering, planning and providing for state human services
under the supervision of the director of the department of
health, the director of the department of workforce services or
the director of the department of family services;
(ii)"Human services program" means a program
administered by a human services agency;
(iii)"Policy plan" means a plan formulated by the
governor and reviewed by the legislature setting forth the
policies of the state toward providing and coordinating services
through all human service agencies;
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(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Human services agency" means any division,
institution and program within the department of health, the
department of workforce services or the state department of
family services and all institutions, boards and programs
administering, planning and providing for state human services
under the supervision of the director of the department of
health, the director of the department of workforce services or
the director of the department of family services;
(ii) "Human services program" means a program
administered by a human services agency;
(iii) "Policy plan" means a plan formulated by the
governor and reviewed by the legislature setting forth the
policies of the state toward providing and coordinating services
through all human service agencies;
(iv) "Program plan" means a plan for direction of
each major human services program.
(b) In order to coordinate policy planning for all state
human services agencies, the governor may require:
(i) Each of the human services agencies to prepare an
annual program plan for its program offered or to be offered
within the agency;
(ii) All program plans to be submitted by the
agencies to the office of the state planning coordinator.
(c) The office of the state planning coordinator shall:
(i) Review all program plans;
(ii) Compile all program plans of the human services
programs and present the compilation of plans to the governor;
(iii) Monitor the implementation of a policy plan
which shall be used by the human services agencies in
development of programs and budget preparation;
(iv) Review, on behalf of the governor, all grant
applications and plans prepared by the agencies to ensure that
all programs within the human services agencies comply with the
state policy plan;
(v) Coordinate with any other official efforts
regarding state health planning in formulating a policy plan.
(d) The governor shall:
(i) Review, revise or adopt all program plans of
programs within the state human services agencies;
(ii) Develop a policy plan reflecting the program
plans of human service agencies;
(iii) Present the policy to the legislature for
review.