§ 3051. Commissioners; deputy commissioners; appointment; term

(a) The Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint a commissioner of each department, who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer and shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.

(b) For the Department of Health, the Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint deputy commissioners for the following divisions of the Department:

(1) Public Health;

(2) Substance Abuse.

(c) For the Department for Children and Families, the Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint deputy commissioners for the following divisions of the Department:

(1) Economic Services;

(2) Child Development;

(3) Family Services.

(d) For the Department of Vermont Health Access, the Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint deputy commissioners for the following divisions of the Department:

(1) Medicaid Health Services and Managed Care;

(2) Medicaid Policy, Fiscal, and Support Services;

(3) Health Care Reform;

(4) Vermont Health Benefit Exchange.

(e) Deputy commissioners shall be exempt from the classified service. Their appointments shall be in writing and shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. (Added 1969, No. 272 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(a), eff. Jan. 10, 1971; amended 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 106a; 2005, No. 45, § 3; 2007, No. 15, § 3; 2007, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2011, No. 63, § E.306.1.)