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Each family assessment and planning team shall include representatives of the following community agencies who have authority to access services within their respective agencies: community services board established pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-501, juvenile court services unit, department of social services, and local school division. Each family and planning team also shall include a parent representative and may include a representative of the department of health at the request of the chair of the local community policy and management team. Parent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a family assessment and planning 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 family assessment and planning team are prioritized for participation where practicable. The family assessment and planning team may include a representative of a private organization or association of providers for children’s or family services and of other public agencies.\n\t\tPersons who serve on a family assessment and planning 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":279332,"text":"Each community policy and management team shall establish and appoint one or more family assessment and planning teams as the needs of the community require. 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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 5 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, chapter 644<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 483<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 418<\/a> and 419<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57160,"section_number":"16.1-260","catch_line":"Intake; petition; investigation","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-260\/"},{"id":62708,"section_number":"16.1-278.5","catch_line":"Children in need of supervision","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-278.5\/"},{"id":72501,"section_number":"2.2-3703","catch_line":"Public bodies and records to which chapter inapplicable; voter registration and election records; access by persons incarcerated in a state, local, or federal correctional facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3703\/"},{"id":69022,"section_number":"63.2-1503","catch_line":"Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1503\/"},{"id":80427,"section_number":"63.2-906","catch_line":"Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-906\/"}],"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":177825,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77897,"identifier":"2.2-5207","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/52\/2.2-5207","url":"\/2.2-5207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-5207\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/52\/2.2-5207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Family assessment and planning team; membership; immunity from liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-5207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each community policy and management team shall establish and appoint one or more family assessment and planning teams as the needs of the community require. Each family assessment and planning team shall include representatives of the following community agencies who have authority to access services within their respective agencies: community services<\/span> board established pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-501<\/a>, juvenile court<\/span> services unit, department of social services, and local school division. Each family and planning team also shall include a parent representative and may include a representative of the department of health at the request of the chair of the local community policy and management team. Parent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a family assessment and planning 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 family assessment and planning team are prioritized for participation where practicable. The family assessment and planning team may include a representative of a private organization or association of providers for children’s or family services and of other public agencies.\n\t\tPersons who serve on a family assessment and planning 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\nFAMILY ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING TEAM; MEMBERSHIP; IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY (\u00a7\n2.2-5207)\n\nEach community policy and management team shall establish and appoint one or\nmore family assessment and planning teams as the needs of the community require.\nEach family assessment and planning team shall include representatives of the\nfollowing community agencies who have authority to access services within their\nrespective agencies: community services board established pursuant to \u00a7\n37.2-501, juvenile court services unit, department of social services, and local\nschool division. Each family and planning team also shall include a parent\nrepresentative and may include a representative of the department of health at\nthe request of the chair of the local community policy and management team.\nParent representatives who are employed by a public or private program that\nreceives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a family\nassessment and planning team may serve as a parent representative provided that\nparent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that\nreceives funds pursuant to this chapter or agencies represented on a family\nassessment and planning team are prioritized for participation where\npracticable. The family assessment and planning team may include a\nrepresentative of a private organization or association of providers for\nchildren’s or family services and of other public agencies.\n\t\tPersons who serve on a family assessment and planning team shall be immune\nfrom any civil liability for decisions made about the appropriate services for a\nfamily or the proper placement or treatment of a child who comes before the\nteam, unless it is proven that such person acted with malicious intent. Any\nperson serving on such team who does not represent a public agency shall file a\nstatement of economic interests as set out in \u00a7 2.2-3117 of the State and Local\nGovernment Conflict of Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.). Persons representing\npublic agencies shall file such statements if required to do so pursuant to the\nState and Local Government 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 2.1-753; 1995, c. 190; 1999, c. 644; 2001, c.\n844; 2003, c. 483; 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}}