E. Eliminate its own duplicative and unnecessary administrative procedures and practices in the system of care for mentally retarded persons with mental retardation or autism, encourage other departments to do the same and clearly define areas of responsibility in order to utilize present resources economically;

F. Strive toward having a sufficient number of personnel who are qualified and experienced to provide treatment that is beneficial to the mentally retarded clients;

G. Encourage other departments to provide to persons with mental retardation or autism those services that are required by law, and in particular:

(1) The commissioner shall work actively to ensure that persons with mental retardation or autism, as provided for in Title 20-A, chapter 303, receive educational and training services beginning at 5 years of age regardless of the degree of retardation or accompanying disabilities or handicaps including autism;

(2) The commissioner shall advise the Department of Human Services about standards and policies pertaining to administration, staff, quality of care, quality of treatment, health and safety of clients, rights of clients, community relations and licensing procedures and other areas that affect persons with mental retardation or autism residing in facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services; and

(3) The commissioner shall inform the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over human resources matters about areas where increased cooperation by other departments is necessary in order to improve the delivery of services to persons with mental retardation or autism; and

(4)__The commissioner or a designee of the commissioner shall work closely with the Department of Human Services, Division of Licensing and Certification to ensure maximum coordination of policies, procedures and services;

H. Report annually to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over human resources matters