§ 51.5-39.9. Cooperative agreements with state agencies regarding advocacy services for their clients
Notwithstanding the foregoing, state agencies providing services to persons with disabilities may develop and maintain advocacy, client assistance or ombudsman services for their clients, which services may be within the agency and independent of the Office. The Office may enter into cooperative agreements with any state agency providing advocacy, client assistance, or ombudsman services for the agency's clients, in order to ensure the protection of and advocacy for persons with disabilities, provided that such agreements do not restrict such authority as the Office may otherwise have to pursue any legal or administrative remedy on behalf of persons with disabilities.
(2002, c. 572.)
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