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With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services is authorized to administer this program and to expend state and local funds in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":298250,"text":"There is hereby established within the Department of Medical Assistance Services the State\/Local Hospitalization Program for indigent persons. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 657 and 746 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":201579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83242,"identifier":"32.1-344","token":"32.1\/12\/32.1-344","url":"\/32.1-344\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-344\/","token":"32.1\/12\/32.1-344","dublin_core":{"Title":"State\/Local Hospitalization Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-344","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>There is hereby established within the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services the State\/Local Hospitalization Program for <span class=\"dictionary\">indigent persons<\/span>. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services is authorized to administer this program and to expend state and local funds in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE\/LOCAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM (\u00a7 32.1-344)\n\nThere is hereby established within the Department of Medical Assistance Services\nthe State\/Local Hospitalization Program for indigent persons. With such funds as\nare appropriated for this purpose, the Director of the Department of Medical\nAssistance Services is authorized to administer this program and to expend state\nand local funds in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 657, 746.","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}}