4-3-1203 - General functions of department.

4-3-1203. General functions of department.

The department of human services shall administer all functions to be established in this state under the federal Social Security Act, except those functions that may be expressly delegated by either state statute or by federal law to other state departments, offices or agencies.

[Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 59; 1939, ch. 11, § 37; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.58 (Williams, § 255.62); Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-312.]