There is created a Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund in the treasury of the State of Nebraska, to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services for maternal and child health and for public health work, as provided by law. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

The Department of Health and Human Services shall administer the fund for maternal and child health and public health services throughout the State of Nebraska. Seventy-five percent of the fund shall be used for maternal and child health activities in this state, and twenty-five percent shall be used for public health work, if such amounts are needed therefor.

Disbursements from the fund referred to in section 71-2201 shall be made upon vouchers signed by an authorized representative of the Department of Health and Human Services and warrants approved by the Director of Administrative Services.

The fund created by section 71-2201 may be augmented by grants from the United States and by such additional appropriations as may be made by law.

Sections 71-2205 to 71-2208 shall be construed to be new, independent and supplemental legislation with reference to the subjects of maternal and child welfare.

The funds allocated for maternal and child health in this state shall be used and distributed subject to the supervision of the Department of Health and Human Services: (1) For promoting the health of mothers and children, especially in rural areas, suffering from some economic distress; (2) for the establishment, extension, and improvement of local maternal and child health services to be administered by local child health units; and (3) for demonstration services in needy areas and among groups in special need. The department shall also cooperate with licensed physicians and surgeons and with nursing and welfare groups and organizations for the purposes herein expressed.

The Department of Health and Human Services shall make quarterly or more frequent reports of the administration of sections 71-2205 to 71-2208, and all expenditures thereunder, to the Chief of the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, and shall comply with requests for information from the Secretary of Labor of the United States or his or her agencies, if federal funds are granted to this state for the purposes mentioned in such sections.