The Social Services Administration is established and continued
as the same State Department of Social Services hitherto existing. The
Social Services Administration shall be part of the Department of Human
Resources. The Social Services Administration shall have the powers,
duties, responsibilities and functions provided in the laws of this
State for the State Department of Social Services, except for the
powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions that pertain to the
income maintenance programs that are assigned to the Family Investment
Administration under Article 88A, § 1A of the Annotated Code. Any
reference to the State Department of Social Services or the State
Department of Public Welfare in this Code, in any other laws of this
State, or in ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, legal
actions, directives or documents shall be deemed to mean the Social
Services Administration if, and to the extent that, the reference
involves social service programs. However, if, and to the extent, the
reference involves income maintenance programs that are assigned to the
Family Investment Administration under Article 88A, § 1A of the Code,
the reference shall be deemed to mean the Family Investment
Administration. From and after September 1, 1970, all rights, powers,
duties, obligations, and functions heretofore conferred upon or
exercised by the State Department of Social Services shall be
transferred to and be exercised by the Social Services Administration
or the Family Investment Administration, subject to the authority of
the Secretary of Human Resources as set forth in §§ 6-102, 6-103,
and 6-104 of this article or elsewhere in this Code.
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