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The team shall also include a representative of a private organization or association of providers for children’s or family services if such organizations or associations are located within the locality and a parent representative. Parent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team may serve as a parent representative provided that parent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team are prioritized for participation where practicable. Those persons appointed to represent community agencies shall be authorized to make policy and funding decisions for their agencies.\n\t\tThe local governing body may appoint other members to the team, including, but not limited to, a local government official, a local law-enforcement official, and representatives of other public agencies.\n\t\tWhen any combination of counties, cities or counties, and cities establishes a community policy and management team, the membership requirements previously set out shall be adhered to by the team as a whole.\n\t\tPersons who serve on the team shall be immune from any civil liability for decisions made about the appropriate services for a family or the proper placement or treatment of a child who comes before the team, unless it is proven that such person acted with malicious intent. Any person serving on such team who does not represent a public agency shall file a statement of economic interests as set out in \u00a7 2.2-3117 of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.). Persons representing public agencies shall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act.\n\t\tPersons serving on the team who are parent representatives or who represent private organizations or associations of providers for children’s or family services shall abstain from decision-making involving individual cases or agencies in which they have either a personal interest, as defined in \u00a7 2.2-3101 of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, or a fiduciary interest.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253259,"text":"The community policy and management team to be appointed by the local governing body shall include, at a minimum, at least one elected official or appointed official or his designee from the governing body of a locality that is a member of the team and the local agency heads or their designees of the following community agencies: community services board established pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-501, juvenile court services unit, department of health, department of social services, and local school division. The team shall also include a representative of a private organization or association of providers for children’s or family services if such organizations or associations are located within the locality and a parent representative. Parent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team may serve as a parent representative provided that parent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team are prioritized for participation where practicable. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 837 and 880 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 190<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 644<\/a> and 669<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 418<\/a> and 419<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66406,"section_number":"16.1-309.3","catch_line":"Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.3\/"},{"id":64685,"section_number":"2.2-5201","catch_line":"State and local advisory team; appointment; membership","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5201\/"},{"id":69913,"section_number":"2.2-5204","catch_line":"Community policy and management team; appointment; fiscal agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5204\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71618,"section_number":"2.2-3100","catch_line":"Policy; application; construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3100\/"},{"id":86360,"section_number":"2.2-3101","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3101\/"},{"id":59503,"section_number":"2.2-3117","catch_line":"Disclosure form","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3117\/"},{"id":54288,"section_number":"37.2-501","catch_line":"Community services board; appointment; membership; duties of fiscal agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177817,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70138,"identifier":"2.2-5205","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/52\/2.2-5205","url":"\/2.2-5205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-5205\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/52\/2.2-5205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Community policy and management teams; membership; immunity from liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-5205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The community policy and management team to be appointed by the local governing body shall include, at a minimum, at least one elected official or appointed official or his designee from the governing body of a locality that is a member of the team and the local agency heads or their designees of the following community agencies: community services<\/span> board established pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-501<\/a>, juvenile court<\/span> services unit, department of health, department of social services, and local school division. The team shall also include a representative of a private organization or association of providers for children’s or family services if such organizations or associations are located within the locality and a parent representative. Parent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team may serve as a parent representative provided that parent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team are prioritized for participation where practicable. Those persons appointed to represent community agencies shall be authorized to make policy and funding decisions for their agencies.\n\t\tThe local governing body may appoint other members to the team, including, but not limited to, a local government official, a local law<\/span>-enforcement official, and representatives of other public agencies.\n\t\tWhen any combination of counties, cities or counties, and cities establishes a community policy and management team, the membership requirements previously set out shall be adhered to by the team as a whole.\n\t\tPersons who serve on the team shall be immune from any civil liability for decisions made about the appropriate services for a family or the proper placement or treatment of a child who comes before the team, unless it is proven that such person acted with malicious<\/span> intent<\/span>. Any person serving on such team who does not represent a public agency shall file a statement of economic interests as set out in \u00a7 2.2-3117<\/a> of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100<\/a> et seq.). Persons representing public agencies shall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act.\n\t\tPersons serving on the team who are parent representatives or who represent private organizations or associations of providers for children’s or family services shall abstain from decision-making involving individual cases or agencies in which they have either a personal interest, as defined in \u00a7 2.2-3101<\/a> of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act, or a fiduciary interest.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMUNITY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS; MEMBERSHIP; IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY (\u00a7\n2.2-5205)\n\nThe community policy and management team to be appointed by the local governing\nbody shall include, at a minimum, at least one elected official or appointed\nofficial or his designee from the governing body of a locality that is a member\nof the team and the local agency heads or their designees of the following\ncommunity agencies: community services board established pursuant to \u00a7\n37.2-501, juvenile court services unit, department of health, department of\nsocial services, and local school division. The team shall also include a\nrepresentative of a private organization or association of providers for\nchildren’s or family services if such organizations or associations are\nlocated within the locality and a parent representative. Parent representatives\nwho are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to\nthis chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team\nmay serve as a parent representative provided that parent representatives who\nare not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to\nthis chapter or agencies represented on a community policy and management team\nare prioritized for participation where practicable. Those persons appointed to\nrepresent community agencies shall be authorized to make policy and funding\ndecisions for their agencies.\n\t\tThe local governing body may appoint other members to the team, including, but\nnot limited to, a local government official, a local law-enforcement official,\nand representatives of other public agencies.\n\t\tWhen any combination of counties, cities or counties, and cities establishes a\ncommunity policy and management team, the membership requirements previously set\nout shall be adhered to by the team as a whole.\n\t\tPersons who serve on the team shall be immune from any civil liability for\ndecisions made about the appropriate services for a family or the proper\nplacement or treatment of a child who comes before the team, unless it is proven\nthat such person acted with malicious intent. Any person serving on such team\nwho does not represent a public agency shall file a statement of economic\ninterests as set out in \u00a7 2.2-3117 of the State and Local Government Conflict\nof Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.). Persons representing public agencies\nshall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to the State and Local\nGovernment Conflict of Interests Act.\n\t\tPersons serving on the team who are parent representatives or who represent\nprivate organizations or associations of providers for children’s or\nfamily services shall abstain from decision-making involving individual cases or\nagencies in which they have either a personal interest, as defined in \u00a7\n2.2-3101 of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, or a\nfiduciary interest.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 837, 880, \u00a7 2.1-751; 1995, c. 190; 1999, cc. 644, 669; 2001,\nc. 844; 2022, cc. 418, 419.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}