(a)
(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services, with the advice and consent of the Governor, shall employ the heads of the various divisions of the Department of Human Services.
(2) The heads of the respective offices, sections, or units of the department and all other personnel of the department shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary.
(b)
(1) However, the directors of the various institutions and programs under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services within the Department of Human Services shall be named by the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, with the concurrence of the secretary.
(2) All personnel employed in the institutions under the management and control of the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall be named by the directors thereof, under the departmental rules related to personnel, and all personnel records of the institutions of the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board and the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall be in conformance with the general personnel policies promulgated by the secretary for other employees of the department.
(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to reduce any rights which an employee of the department or the various divisions, offices, sections, or units thereof shall have under any civil service or merit system.