Section 2742. Functions, powers and duties of the department

The
  department shall have the following powers and duties:
    1. to develop a comprehensive statewide program that includes medical,
  housing, vocational, educational, transportation, social, personal care,
  family support,  day  program  services,  community  re-entry  services,
  outpatient rehabilitation services and other essential services;
    2.  to  develop  outreach  services to provide coordinated information
  regarding assistance available to persons with  traumatic  brain  injury
  and their families;
    3. to develop and maintain a clearinghouse of information on traumatic
  brain injuries, including but not limited to, resources that support the
  development   and   implementation   of   community-based  services  and
  rehabilitation;
    4. to track the amount of and cost of  services  provided  to  persons
  with traumatic brain injury placed in out-of-state treatment settings;
    5.  to  develop  innovative  educational  programs  on  the causes and
  prevention of traumatic brain injuries, with  an  emphasis  on  outreach
  campaigns.    Such  programs  and  information shall include, but not be
  limited to, treatment and services  for  persons  with  traumatic  brain
  injury and their families;
    6.  to  accept  and  expend  any  grants,  awards  of  other  funds or
  appropriations as may  be  available  for  these  purposes,  subject  to
  limitations  as to the approval of expenditures and audits as prescribed
  for state funds by the state finance law;
    7. to gather and disseminate statistics and conduct investigations and
  research relating to  the  causes  and  prevention  of  traumatic  brain
  injuries  and  the treatment of such injuries, including the methods and
  procedures  for  rehabilitation,  including  from  time  to  time,  such
  publications for distribution to appropriate scientific organizations;
    8.  to contract with independent consultants to conduct assessments of
  the needs of persons with traumatic brain injury;
    9. to develop training programs for persons providing discharge  plans
  and case management; and
    10.  to  develop standards for licensing or certifying residential and
  non-residential services for persons with traumatic brain injury to  the
  extent  that such services are not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction
  of another state agency.