§ 51.5-2. Plan of cooperation
The Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, Department for the Aging, Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Rehabilitative Services, Department of Social Services, Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired and such other agencies as are designated by the Governor which serve persons with disabilities shall formulate a plan of cooperation in accordance with the provisions of this title and the federal Rehabilitation Act. The goal of this plan shall be to promote the fair and efficient provision of rehabilitative and other services to persons with disabilities and to protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
The plan of cooperation shall include an annual update of budgetary commitment under the plan, specifying how many persons with disabilities, by type of impairment, will be served under the plan. The plan of cooperation shall include consideration of first pay provisions for entitlement programs of a cooperating agency. If entitlement services are part of a client's individualized written rehabilitation program or equivalent plan for services, funds shall be paid from the entitlement program when possible. The plan and budgetary commitments shall be reviewed by the respective boards of the cooperating agencies, reviewed by the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities and submitted for approval to the appropriate secretaries within the Governor's Office before implementation.
(1985, c. 421, § 51.01-2; 1990, c. 458; 1991, c. 563; 2002, c. 572.)
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