[§321-324]  Powers of the department. The department of health may:

(1)  Make available to the target population qualityhealth care services, with emphasis on preventive health services;

(2)  Develop, extend, and improve the services; and

(3)  Cooperate with the federal government, throughits appropriate agency or instrumentality, in identifying needs, developing,extending, and improving the services, and receiving and expending all fundsmade available to the department by the federal government, the State, or itspolitical subdivisions, or from any other source, including private donations,for the purposes of this part. [L 1988, c 203, pt of §1]