La. Admin. Code tit. 4 § VII-1700

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section VII-1700 - Preface

A. Act 43 of 1968 created a Women's Division and a Louisiana Commission on the Status of Women within the Louisiana Department of Labor.

B. Act 253 of 1972 created a Bureau on the Status of Women, which was established within the Division of Human Services of the Louisiana Health, Social and Rehabilitation Services Administration.

C. The operations of the agency have been carried out under a number of titles, including the Bureau for Women and the Women's Advocacy Bureau.

D. In July 1984 the Department of Health and Human Resources, through administrative action, elevated the Women's Advocacy Bureau to a Division of Women's Services.

E. Act 772 of 1985 created an Office of Women's Services in the Office of the Governor, transferring all powers, duties, and responsibilities from the Division of Women's Services in the Department of Health and Human Resources into the Office of Women's Services.

La. Admin. Code tit. 4, § VII-1700

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Women's Advocacy Bureau, LR 12:677 (October 1986).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:2127(B), R.S. 36:251 et seq. and R.S. 46:1751-1767.