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§ 51.5-116. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.5-117. Declaration of purpose; Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services created - A. It is hereby found and determined by the General...
§ 51.5-118. Department designated as state agency for purpose of cooperation with federal government - The Department is designated, subject to the provisions of §§...
§ 51.5-119. Department designated as state agency for purpose of coordinating rehabilitative services - The Department is designated as the state agency for coordinating...
§ 51.5-120. Cooperation of Department with other state departments - A. The Department shall collaborate with the Department of Behavioral...
§ 51.5-121. Authority of Department to request and receive information from other agencies; use of information so obtained - The Department may request and shall receive from all departments,...
§ 51.5-122. Confidential records and information concerning adult services and adult protective services; penalty - A. The records, information, and statistical registries of the Department...
§ 51.5-123. Community Rehabilitation Case Management System - The Department shall develop and implement a community rehabilitation case...
§ 51.5-124. Eligibility for community rehabilitation case management - A person shall be eligible to receive community rehabilitation case...
§ 51.5-125. Gifts and donations - The Department is authorized to receive such gifts and donations,...
§ 51.5-126. Donation of equipment - The Department shall retain title to items of nonexpendable equipment...
§ 51.5-127. Commonwealth Council on Aging; purpose; membership; terms - A. The Commonwealth Council on Aging is established as an...
§ 51.5-128. Duties of the Commonwealth Council on Aging - A. The Commonwealth Council on Aging shall have the following...
§ 51.5-129. Creation of State Rehabilitation Council; purpose; membership - The State Rehabilitation Council is established as a designated state...
§ 51.5-130. Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services - A. The supervision of the Department shall be the responsibility...
§ 51.5-131. Powers and duties of Commissioner - The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: 1....
§ 51.5-132. Commissioner to establish regulations regarding human research - The Commissioner shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process...
§ 51.5-133. Cooperation with local authorities - The Commissioner shall assist and cooperate with local authorities in...
§ 51.5-134. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.5-135. Powers and duties of Department with respect to aging persons; area agencies on aging - A. The Department shall provide aging services to improve the...
§ 51.5-136. Strategic long-range planning for aging services; four-year plan; report - A. The Department shall develop and maintain a four-year plan...
§ 51.5-137. Administrative responsibilities of Department regarding aging services - The Department shall have the following responsibilities regarding aging services...
§ 51.5-138. Coordination of local aging services and long-term care by localities - The governing body of each county or city, or a...
§ 51.5-139. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, c. 728, cl. 2.
§ 51.5-143. Powers and duties of Department relating to universal design and visitability features - The Department shall publicize guidelines on universal design and visitability...
§ 51.5-144. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.5-145. Responsibility of the Department for adult services - The Department shall have responsibility for the planning and oversight...
§ 51.5-146. Adult services - Adult services provided by the Department together with local departments...
§ 51.5-147. Appeal to Commissioner regarding home-based and adult foster care services - Any applicant for or recipient of home-based and adult foster...
§ 51.5-148. Establishment of Adult Protective Services Unit; powers and duties - A. The Department shall have responsibility for the planning and...
§ 51.5-149. Policy statement; Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program established; definitions - A. The General Assembly declares that it is the policy...
§ 51.5-149.1. Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board; purpose; membership; terms - A. The Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board (the Board)...
§ 51.5-149.2. Powers and duties of the Board - The Board shall have the power and duty to: 1....
§ 51.5-150. Powers and duties of the Department with respect to public guardian and conservator program - A. The Department shall fund from appropriations received for such...
§ 51.5-151. Minimum requirements for local programs; authority - Every local or regional program with which the Department contracts...
§ 51.5-152. Powers and duties of the Department with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders - The Department shall: 1. Serve as a referral point for...
§ 51.5-153. Alzheimer's and Related Diseases Research Award Fund - There is established a fund to be known as the...
§ 51.5-154. (Expires July 1, 2023) Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; report - A. The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission (the Commission)...
§ 51.5-155. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, c. 728, cl. 2.
§ 51.5-159. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: "Auxiliary grant" means cash...
§ 51.5-160. Auxiliary grants program; administration of program - A. As used in this section: "Qualified assessor" means an...
§ 51.5-161. Awarding of grants; purposes; eligible applicants - A. The Department is authorized, subject to other requirements of...
§ 51.5-162. Independent living services - Independent living services provided pursuant to this article shall be...
§ 51.5-163. Centers for independent living - A. Services provided through grants or contracts with centers for...
§ 51.5-164. Statewide Independent Living Council created - The Statewide Independent Living Council is hereby created to develop...
§ 51.5-165. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2016, c. 27, cl. 2.
§ 51.5-166. Eligibility criteria - The Commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria for services to be...
§ 51.5-167. Participation by clients in cost of services - The Commissioner shall establish written standards for determining the extent...
§ 51.5-168. Rights of clients - The Commissioner shall establish written standards governing the rights of...
§ 51.5-169. Cooperative agreements with community services boards and schools - No services funded under the authority of this article shall...
§ 51.5-169.1. Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services - A. Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services shall...
§ 51.5-169.2. Employment Service Organization Steering Committee; membership; terms - A. The Employment Service Organization Steering Committee (the Committee) is...
§ 51.5-170. Eligibility - The Commissioner shall adopt written standards for determining eligibility for...
§ 51.5-171. Assessment - When an individual applies for vocational rehabilitation services provided or...
§ 51.5-172. Individualized plan for employment - A written individualized plan for employment for each recipient of...
§ 51.5-173. Services for individuals - A. Vocational rehabilitation services provided by the Department shall address...
§ 51.5-174. Services for groups - Vocational rehabilitation services provided by the Department for the benefit...
§ 51.5-175. Case closure in extended employment - When a case is closed upon a client's placement in...
§ 51.5-176. Participation by clients in cost of services - The Commissioner shall adopt written standards for determining the extent...
§ 51.5-177. Client rights regarding services - The Commissioner shall establish written standards governing the rights of...
§ 51.5-177.1. Vocational rehabilitation and employment services for law-enforcement officers with a disability - A. The Department shall make information regarding vocational rehabilitation programs...
§ 51.5-178. Definitions - As used in this article: "Advisory Board" means the Commonwealth...
§ 51.5-179. Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund established - A. For the purpose of preventing traumatic spinal cord or...
§ 51.5-180. Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Advisory Board established; membership; terms; duties and responsibilities - A. For the purpose of administering the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative...
§ 51.5-181. Procedures for grant applications - The Commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing procedures and policies for...
§ 51.5-182. Responsibility for complaints and investigations - In addition to its responsibilities for complaints regarding services provided...
§ 51.5-183. Access to clients, patients, individuals, providers, and records by Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; interference, retaliation, and reprisals against complainants - A. The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman pursuant...
§ 51.5-184. Confidentiality of records of Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman - A. All documentary and other evidence received or maintained by...
§ 51.5-185. Protection for representatives of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; interference, retaliation, and reprisals - A. Any designated representative of the Office of the State...