(a) The California Health and Human Services Agency consists of the following departments: Health Care Services; Mental Health; Developmental Services; Public Health; Social Services; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Aging; Rehabilitation; and Community Services and Development.
(b) The agency also includes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
(c) The Department of Child Support Services is hereby created within the agency commencing January 1, 2000, and shall be the single organizational unit designated as the state’s Title IV-D agency with the responsibility for administering the state plan and providing services relating to the establishment of paternity or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of child support obligations as required by Section 654 of Title 42 of the United States Code. State plan functions shall be performed by other agencies as required by law, by delegation of the department, or by cooperative agreements.