§2013. Louisiana Department of Health as mental health and developmental disabilities
authority
The Louisiana Department of Health in addition to other powers and duties conferred
upon it by this Chapter, is hereby designated as the sole agency:
(1) For carrying out the purposes of the National Mental Health Act, Public Law 79-487.1
(2) For carrying out the purposes of the Maternal and Child Health and Mental
Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, Title VII of Public Law 88-156 in relation to
planning.2
(3) For carrying out the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act, Part C of
Title I of Public Law 88-164.3
(4) For carrying out the purposes of the Community Mental Health Centers Act, Title
II of Public Law 88-164.4
(5) For carrying out the purposes of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health
Administration Reorganization Act, Public Law 102-3215.
(6) To administer any and all federal grants in aid funds awarded to the state of
Louisiana and any state funds that may be appropriated or made available by the legislature
for the establishment and conduct of an approved mental health and developmental
disabilities program in the state of Louisiana as contemplated by the provisions of the
foregoing federal laws or the provisions of any state law relating to the subjects of this
Section.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 35, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 170, §4; Acts 1977,
No. 680, §21; Acts 1997, No. 167, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §22, eff. June 23, 2014.
142 U.S.C.A. §§201 to 246.
242 U.S.C.A. §701 et seq.
3Former 42 U.S.C.A. §2661 et seq. (see now, 42 U.S.C.A. §6001 et seq.).
4Former 42 U.S.C.A. §2681 et seq. (see now, 42 U.S.C.A. §2689 et seq.)
542 U.S.C.A. §201 et seq., as amended. (Popular name - ADAMHA Reorganization Act).