Section 21-N:5 Duties of Deputy Commissioner.
The deputy commissioner shall, in accordance with applicable laws:
I. Provide for the following functions:
(a) Implementing the organizational goals, managing the work of the department, and directing the division directors in carrying out state and federal obligations.
(b) Assuring that the division directors comply with the procedures established by the commissioner relative to support for local schools under RSA 21-N:4, V.
(c) Personnel management.
(d) Developing and maintaining a system of accounting records and budget control procedures which meet all state and applicable federal accounting, purchasing, and reporting requirements.
(e) Property and contracts.
(f) Requiring and approving the development of short- and long-range division level plans and their implementation.
(g) Rate setting, as specified under RSA 186-C:7, III. Such rate setting shall be accomplished in consultation with the department of health and human services and the department of administrative services.
(h) Administering finance and operations.
(i) Fiscal management of all federal and other grants.
II. Exercise, subject to the supervision of the commissioner, superior authority over the directors of the divisions of the department relative to areas of responsibility specified in this section.
Source. 1986, 41:1. 1987, 345:2. 1988, 214:2. 1989, 49:3. 1994, 379:1, eff. June 9, 1994.