From the moneys appropriated to the Department from the general fund, the Board shall fund abortions for women who otherwise meet the financial eligibility criteria of the State Medical Assistance Plan in any case in which a physician who is trained and qualified to perform such tests certifies in writing, after appropriate tests have been performed, that he believes the fetus will be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or with a gross and totally incapacitating mental deficiency.
1982, c. 645.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 3 - Medical Care Services
§ 32.1-77. State plans for maternal and child health services and children's specialty services
§ 32.1-77.1. State-certified doulas; certification
§ 32.1-78. Reporting information about children with health problems or handicapping conditions
§ 32.1-89. Health services for persons suffering from hemophilia and related diseases
§ 32.1-90. Health services for persons suffering from epilepsy and cystic fibrosis
§ 32.1-92.1. Funding of certain abortions where pregnancy results from rape or incest