§ 51.5-48. Duties and responsibilities of local disability services boards
The boards shall:
1. Assess the local service needs and advise the appropriate state and local agencies serving persons with physical and sensory disabilities of their findings;
2. Develop and make available for public comment a report with a six-year projection of local service needs and priorities for persons with physical and sensory disabilities in accordance with state guidelines. The report and updates to the report shall be submitted to the Disability Services Council. The first report shall be submitted by June 1, 1993. The reports shall be reviewed by the Council and shall be distributed to the appropriate state agencies and incorporated into the agencies' programmatic and fiscal planning for services to persons with physical and sensory disabilities;
3. Obtain input from local public and private service providers and utilize such information in the development of the report;
4. Review and update the report every three years;
5. Serve as a catalyst for the development of public and private funding sources;
6. Develop requests to the rehabilitative services incentive fund when local funding for match is identified;
7. Administer the incentive funds, if received, through the designated fiscal agent in accordance with the approved expenditure plan; and
8. Exchange information with other local boards regarding services to persons with physical and sensory disabilities and best practices in the delivery of services.
(1992, c. 634; 2000, c. 115.)
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