{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-138.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-138.1","heading":"Department of Health and Human Services - functions and organization.","body":"(a)\tAll functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, committees, or subunits of the Department of Human Resources are transferred to and vested in the Department of Health and Human Services by a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6:\n(1)\tDivision of Aging.\n(2)\tDivision of Services for the Blind.\n(3)\tDivision of Medical Assistance.\n(4)\tDivision of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services.\n(5)\tDivision of Social Services.\n(6)\tDivision of Health Service Regulation.\n(7)\tDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation.\n(8)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1998-202, s. 4(v), effective January 1, 1999.\n(9)\tDivision of Services for the Deaf and the Blind.\n(10)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-326, s. 19, effective June 27, 2011.\n(11)\tDivision of Child Development.\n(12)\tOffice of Rural Health.\n(b)\tAll functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, committees, or subunits of the Department of Human Resources are transferred to and vested in the Department of Health and Human Services by a Type II transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6:\n(1)\tRespite Care Program.\n(2)\tGovernor's Advisory Council on Aging.\n(3)\tCommission for the Blind.\n(4)\tProfessional Advisory Committee.\n(5)\tConsumer and Advocacy Advisory Committee for the Blind.\n(6)\tCommission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.\n(7)\tSocial Services Commission.\n(8)\tChild Day Care Commission.\n(9)\tMedical Care Commission.\n(10)\tEmergency Medical Services Advisory Council.\n(11),\t(12) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-247, s. 3, effective July 3, 2013.\n(13)\tNorth Carolina Council for the Hearing Impaired.\n(14)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2002, ch. 126, s. 10.10D(c), effective October 1, 2002.\n(15)\tCouncil on Developmental Disabilities.\n(c)\tThe functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, committees, or subunits of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources are transferred to and vested in the Department of Health and Human Services by a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6:\n(1)\tDivision of Dental Health.\n(2)\tState Center for Health Statistics.\n(3)\tDivision of Epidemiology.\n(4)\tDivision of Health Promotion.\n(5)\tDivision of Maternal and Child Health.\n(6)\tOffice of Minority Health.\n(7)\tOffice of Public Health Nursing.\n(8)\tDivision of Laboratory Services.\n(9)\tOffice of Local Health Services.\n(10)\tDivision of Postmortem Medicolegal Examinations.\n(11)\tOffice of Women's Health.\n(d)\tAll functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, committees, or subunits of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources are transferred to and vested in the Department of Health and Human Services by a Type II transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6:\n(1)\tCommission for Public Health.\n(2)\tCouncil on Sickle Cell Syndrome.\n(3)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.30(b), effective July 1, 2011.\n(4)\tCommission of Anatomy.\n(5)\tMinority Health Advisory Council.\n(6)\tAdvisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control.\n(7)\tWell Contractors Certification Commission.\n(e)\tThe Department of Health and Human Services is vested with all other functions, powers, duties, and obligations as are conferred by the Constitution and laws of this State. (1997-443, s. 11A.3; 1998-202, s. 4(v); 2002-126, s. 10.10D(c); 2007-182, ss. 1, 2; 2011-266, s. 1.30(b); 2011-326, s. 19; 2013-247, s. 3; 2021-180, s. 9G.7(d); 2023-65, s. 5.2(a).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 3. Department of Health and Human Services.","Part 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-138.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"0b7fd1cd408a799416d9404bffa08c0208ccacdd84d003797509c019620e37d4","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-138","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-139"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}