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Such public\/private partnerships could (i) encourage the use of service delivery that otherwise might have required government funding or programs; (ii) allow governments to fully participate in such partnerships; (iii) maximize the willingness of individuals, agencies and private organizations to lend their expertise to help satisfy community needs; (iv) allow innovative funding mechanisms to leverage public funds; (v) allow appropriate information sharing to ensure the adequacy and quality of services delivered; (vi) provide liability protection for volunteers providing services under programs sponsored or approved by the authority; (vii) provide a mechanism to ensure that services provided in the community are necessary, appropriate, and provided by trained and supervised persons; and (viii) allow volunteers and others to focus their energies to achieve community health improvement. Health care services include, but are not limited to, treatment of and education about acute and chronic diseases, wellness and prevention activities that promote the health of communities, and access to services and activities.B\n\nThe governing body of a locality may by ordinance or resolution, or the governing bodies of two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances or resolutions or by agreement, create a local health partnership authority which shall have as its purpose developing partnerships between public and private providers. The ordinance, resolution or agreement creating the authority shall not be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held on the question of its adoption or approval. The authority shall be a public body politic and corporate.C\n\nThe governing body of each participating locality shall cause to be advertised at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in such locality a copy of the ordinance, resolution or agreement creating the authority, or a descriptive summary of the ordinance, resolution or agreement and a reference to the place where a copy of such ordinance, resolution or agreement can be obtained, and notice of the day, not less than 30 days after publication of the advertisement, on which a public hearing will be held on the ordinance, resolution or agreement.D\n\nNo authority created pursuant to this article shall be exempt from any of the provisions of the Certificate of Public Need laws and regulations of the Commonwealth.E\n\nNo authority created pursuant to this article shall be allowed to issue bonds or other form of indebtedness.F\n\nAny authority created pursuant to this article shall report on programmatic initiatives on an annual basis to the Joint Commission on Health Care.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286047,"text":"Communities lack the ability to coordinate, across jurisdictions, health partnership efforts between local governments and private providers of health care services, which leads to duplicative and inefficient services. Such public\/private partnerships could (i) encourage the use of service delivery that otherwise might have required government funding or programs; (ii) allow governments to fully participate in such partnerships; (iii) maximize the willingness of individuals, agencies and private organizations to lend their expertise to help satisfy community needs; (iv) allow innovative funding mechanisms to leverage public funds; (v) allow appropriate information sharing to ensure the adequacy and quality of services delivered; (vi) provide liability protection for volunteers providing services under programs sponsored or approved by the authority; (vii) provide a mechanism to ensure that services provided in the community are necessary, appropriate, and provided by trained and supervised persons; and (viii) allow volunteers and others to focus their energies to achieve community health improvement. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 671<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapters 63<\/a> and 70<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58930,"section_number":"32.1-127.1:03","catch_line":"Health records privacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127.1_03\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202815,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79850,"identifier":"32.1-122.10:001","token":"32.1\/4\/6.1\/32.1-122.10_001","url":"\/32.1-122.10_001\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-122.10_001\/","token":"32.1\/4\/6.1\/32.1-122.10_001","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purpose; one or more localities may create authority; advertisement and notice of hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-122.10:001","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Communities lack the ability to coordinate, across jurisdictions<\/span>, health partnership efforts between local governments and private providers of health care services, which leads to duplicative and inefficient services. Such public\/private partnerships could (i) encourage the use of service delivery that otherwise might have required government funding or programs; (ii) allow governments to fully participate in such partnerships; (iii) maximize the willingness of individuals, agencies and private organizations to lend their expertise to help satisfy community needs; (iv) allow innovative funding mechanisms to leverage public funds; (v) allow appropriate information sharing to ensure the adequacy and quality of services delivered; (vi) provide liability protection for volunteers providing services under programs sponsored or approved by the authority; (vii) provide a mechanism to ensure that services provided in the community are necessary, appropriate, and provided by trained and supervised persons<\/span>; and (viii) allow volunteers and others to focus their energies to achieve community health improvement. Health care services include, but are not limited to, treatment of and education about acute and chronic diseases, wellness and prevention activities that promote the health of communities, and access to services and activities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The governing body of a locality may by ordinance<\/span> or resolution, or the governing bodies of two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances<\/span> or resolutions or by agreement, create a local health partnership authority which shall have as its purpose developing partnerships between public and private providers. The ordinance<\/span>, resolution or agreement creating the authority shall not be adopted or approved until a public hearing<\/span> has been held on the question of its adoption or approval. The authority shall be a public body politic and corporate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The governing body of each participating locality shall cause to be advertised at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in such locality a copy of the ordinance<\/span>, resolution or agreement creating the authority, or a descriptive summary of the ordinance<\/span>, resolution or agreement and a reference to the place where a copy of such ordinance<\/span>, resolution or agreement can be obtained, and notice of the day, not less than 30 days after publication of the advertisement, on which a public hearing<\/span> will be held on the ordinance<\/span>, resolution or agreement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> No authority created pursuant to this article shall be exempt from any of the provisions of the Certificate of Public Need laws<\/span> and regulations of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> No authority created pursuant to this article shall be allowed to issue<\/span> bonds<\/span> or other form of indebtedness. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Any authority created pursuant to this article shall report on programmatic initiatives on an annual basis to the Joint Commission on Health Care. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSE; ONE OR MORE LOCALITIES MAY CREATE AUTHORITY; ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE\nOF HEARING (\u00a7 32.1-122.10:001)\n\nA. Communities lack the ability to coordinate, across jurisdictions, health\npartnership efforts between local governments and private providers of health\ncare services, which leads to duplicative and inefficient services. Such\npublic\/private partnerships could (i) encourage the use of service delivery that\notherwise might have required government funding or programs; (ii) allow\ngovernments to fully participate in such partnerships; (iii) maximize the\nwillingness of individuals, agencies and private organizations to lend their\nexpertise to help satisfy community needs; (iv) allow innovative funding\nmechanisms to leverage public funds; (v) allow appropriate information sharing\nto ensure the adequacy and quality of services delivered; (vi) provide liability\nprotection for volunteers providing services under programs sponsored or\napproved by the authority; (vii) provide a mechanism to ensure that services\nprovided in the community are necessary, appropriate, and provided by trained\nand supervised persons; and (viii) allow volunteers and others to focus their\nenergies to achieve community health improvement. Health care services include,\nbut are not limited to, treatment of and education about acute and chronic\ndiseases, wellness and prevention activities that promote the health of\ncommunities, and access to services and activities.\n\nB. The governing body of a locality may by ordinance or resolution, or the\ngoverning bodies of two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances or\nresolutions or by agreement, create a local health partnership authority which\nshall have as its purpose developing partnerships between public and private\nproviders. The ordinance, resolution or agreement creating the authority shall\nnot be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held on the question\nof its adoption or approval. The authority shall be a public body politic and\ncorporate.\n\nC. The governing body of each participating locality shall cause to be\nadvertised at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in such\nlocality a copy of the ordinance, resolution or agreement creating the\nauthority, or a descriptive summary of the ordinance, resolution or agreement\nand a reference to the place where a copy of such ordinance, resolution or\nagreement can be obtained, and notice of the day, not less than 30 days after\npublication of the advertisement, on which a public hearing will be held on the\nordinance, resolution or agreement.\n\nD. No authority created pursuant to this article shall be exempt from any of the\nprovisions of the Certificate of Public Need laws and regulations of the\nCommonwealth.\n\nE. No authority created pursuant to this article shall be allowed to issue bonds\nor other form of indebtedness.\n\nF. Any authority created pursuant to this article shall report on programmatic\ninitiatives on an annual basis to the Joint Commission on Health Care.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 671; 2003, cc. 63, 70.","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}}