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Alabama Statutes, Title 38

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Title 38

26 chapters · 242 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 38242 Ch 7, Child Care24 Ch 10, Child Support Programs21 Ch 12, Kinship Foster Care Program17 Ch 3, Department of Senior Services15 Ch 4, Public Assistance Generally15 Ch 2, State and County Departments and Boa…14 Ch 9, Protection of Aged Adults or Adults …13 Ch 9F, Elder Abuse Protection Order and Enf…12 Ch 13, Criminal Background Checks on Person…12 Ch 14, Individual Development Account Program11 Ch 12B, Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 201510 Ch 6, Medical Assistance to Elderly Persons9 Ch 9A, In-Home Services and Equipment for P…9 Ch 15, Alabama Youth Residential Facility A…9

14 sections·Filtered byTitle 38✕Ch 2✕

Ala. Code § 38-2-1 State Department of Human Resources
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There is hereby created a State Department of Human Resources, with subordinate bureaus and divisions which shall operate under a State Board of Human Resources and consist of a Commissioner of Human Resources and such other officers and employees as are authorized to be appointe…
Ala. Code § 38-2-10 Authority of State Department with Respect to Granting of Public Assistance
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The state department is authorized and it shall be its duty to develop standards of assistance for the administration of the various public assistance programs in the state, to administer these programs through county departments of human resources and to provide such forms, reco…
Ala. Code § 38-2-11 Photographic Reproductions of Books, Records, Papers or Other Documents of State Department
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(a) Commissioner authorized to make reproductions and destroy originals. The Commissioner of Human Resources of the State of Alabama is authorized to make or to have made microfilm copies, photostatic copies or other similar photographic reproductions of all books, records, paper…
Ala. Code § 38-2-12 Authority of Commissioner to Destroy Certain Records, Etc

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(a) The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources shall have the authority to destroy or cause to be destroyed, in his discretion: (1) RECORDS OF CERTAIN AGENCIES. - All records of the Alabama Relief Administration, the Alabama Transient Bureau and Surplus Commodity…

Ala. Code § 38-2-13 Bonds of Officers of State Department of Human Resources

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Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources and other public welfare officers shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in amounts to be fixed by the State Board of Human Re…

Ala. Code § 38-2-2 State Board of Human Resources

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There shall be a State Board of Human Resources which shall consist of the Governor, as chairman, and six other members, not less than two of whom shall be women, appointed by the Governor without regard to political affiliation but on the basis of recognized interest in welfare …

Ala. Code § 38-2-3 Commissioner of State Department of Human Resources; Other Personnel

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(a) The chief executive officer of the State Department of Human Resources shall be known as the Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources. (b) It shall be the duty of the state board to appoint the commissioner who shall serve at its pleasure. He shall be appointed…

Ala. Code § 38-2-4 Legal Counsel for Department

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The commissioner, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall be authorized, subject to the provisions of the state merit system law, to appoint a legal counsel for the State Department of Human Resources. He shall be commissioned as assistant attorney general and shall have…

Ala. Code § 38-2-5 Allocation of Funds

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The state department, subject to the approval of the state board, shall allocate such federal and state funds for public assistance, administration and services as are available, in a manner that assures equitable treatment of needy individuals in similar circumstances throughout…

Ala. Code § 38-2-6 Duties, Powers, and Responsibilities of State Department

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The aim of the state department shall be the promotion of a unified development of welfare activities and agencies of the state and of the local governments so that each agency and each governmental institution shall function as an integral part of a general system. In order to c…

Ala. Code § 38-2-6.1 Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents Established; Duties; Assistance of Other Agencies, Etc.; Use of Information Obtained

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(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABSENT PARENT. The parent of a minor child who owes a financial ligation for the support of the minor child or a putative parent against whom a complaint has been filed. (2) OFFICE. The state …

Ala. Code § 38-2-7 County Boards of Human Resources Created; Composition; Terms of Office; Meetings; Duties, Etc.; County Director

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There is hereby created in each county a county board of human resources, which shall consist of seven members, not less than two of whom shall be women, selected by the county commission from the citizenship of the county on the basis of their recognized interest in the public w…

Ala. Code § 38-2-8 County Departments of Human Resources

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(a) There is hereby created in each county a county department of human resources which shall consist of the county director of human resources and such other officers and employees as the county board and state department shall deem necessary for the efficient performance of the…

Ala. Code § 38-2-9 Appropriations by Counties and Municipalities; Expenditures to Be Approved by State Department

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The county commission in any county shall have the power and is hereby authorized to appropriate out of the public funds of the county such sum or sums of money, as it may deem wise to be expended by the county department for the relief of children under 18 years of age. Disburse…