WHEREAS, there continues to be a need for the important services provided by the Disability Determinations Unit; and

       WHEREAS, in order to be in compliance with the federal government's nomenclature, it is deemed appropriate to rename this office to be the Disability Determinations Service; and

       WHEREAS, the 2020 Blue Ribbon Taskforce recommended that the Disability Determinations Service (DDS) be transferred and consolidated within the Idaho Department of Labor; and

        WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Labor has served as interim Director of the DDS since July, 2002, which has resulted in cost savings and administrative efficiencies; and

       WHEREAS, the transfer of the DDS to the Idaho Department of Labor will further streamline state government and provide more efficient state services to the people of Idaho.

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of this state do hereby transfer the Disability Determinations Service to the Idaho Department of Labor.

This Executive Order repeals and replaces Executive Order No. 99-10

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this second day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred twenty-fifth and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eleventh.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE