The Executive Director, or a designee, shall ensure that statutory and regulatory requirements for administration of benefits under this chapter are met. The Executive Director shall: Create and maintain forms necessary to apply for, process a request for, and award a benefit under this chapter; To the degree possible, establish a network to identify and notify a surviving spouse, child, dependent parent, or estate potentially eligible to receive a benefit under this chapter; Accept a request for, process a request for, and award to an eligible recipient a benefit under this chapter according to statutory and regulatory requirements; and Establish and maintain records related to a request for, processing a request for, and awarding a benefit according to an approved retention schedule.