The department of health and senior services is hereby designated the official agency of the state of Missouri to receive federal funds for health purposes. The department shall comply with the acts of congress and with any rules and conditions made by any federal agency in regard to the use and distribution of such funds. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and kept in such separately designated funds as may be required to carry out the purposes for which the federal grants are made. Disbursements of such funds from the treasury shall be made on warrants duly issued on requisitions of the department. The general assembly shall appropriate such funds to the use of the department for such purposes.