The Department and its Director shall be the successors to all intellectual and developmental disabilities-related authority delegated to the DHS and its Director, and the Director of the Department shall be authorized to act, either personally or through a designated representative, as a member of any committees, commissions, boards, or other bodies that include as a member the Director of the DHS with respect to intellectual and developmental disabilities-related authority.
D.C. Code § 7-761.10
Section 35 of D.C. Law 19-169 provided that no provision of the act shall impair any right or obligation existing under law.