§ 51.5-137 Administrative responsibilities of Department regarding aging services
The Department shall have the following responsibilities regarding aging services in the Commonwealth:
1. Develop appropriate fiscal and administrative controls over aging services in the Commonwealth;
2. Develop a state long-term care plan to guide the coordination and delivery of aging services. The plan shall ensure the development of a continuum of aging services for older persons in need of services;
3. Identify and assure the equitable statewide distribution of resources for aging services; and
4. Perform ongoing evaluations of the cost-effective utilization of aging services.
History
This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 803 and 835 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter 728.
2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 728.