The Department shall from time to time study comprehensively the mental health problems of the State, develop programs for mental health services, and recommend as to the integration within the Department of any other related agencies and services as it considers proper. It shall also periodically review and evaluate the mental health programs. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 38.)