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If the application is approved, the applicant shall then provide the Department with a complete copy of the application as funded within 45 days of receiving official notification of funding.E\n\nEach state agency requesting an appropriation or a change in an existing appropriation from the General Assembly for substance abuse programs shall submit the request to the Department for review and comment to determine its compatibility with the comprehensive interagency state plan for substance abuse services and shall supply the Department with all relevant information, including a full report on funds expended pursuant to prior appropriations. The Department shall provide the Governor and the General Assembly with its assessment of each request by a state agency for an appropriation or a change in an existing appropriation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256858,"text":"No state agency that is authorized to issue final approval or disapproval of or to make a final review and comment on any application for state funds or services that are to be used in a substance abuse program shall take final action on an application until the application is first reviewed and commented on by the Department to determine its compatibility with the comprehensive interagency state plan for substance abuse services, and thereafter the review and comment by the Department shall remain a part of the application documents.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":256859,"text":"Every applicant for any state funds, services, loans, grants-in-aid, or matching funds that are to be used in connection with any substance abuse program shall submit a copy of the application for those funds, services, loans, grants-in-aid, or matching funds to the Department for review and comment simultaneously with submission of the application to the funding source.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":256860,"text":"The Department shall review and comment on each application within 45 days after receiving the application or in accordance with the requirements of the funding source.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":256861,"text":"Every applicant for any federal funds that are to be used in connection with any substance abuse program shall submit a summary of the application for those funds to the Department for review and comment simultaneously with submission of the application to the funding source. 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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 767 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 1976 \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 1980, chapter 582; in 1998, chapter 724<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 83<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63480,"section_number":"37.2-310","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Department related to substance abuse","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-310\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":209769,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71267,"identifier":"37.2-311","token":"37.2\/I\/3\/1\/37.2-311","url":"\/37.2-311\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-311\/","token":"37.2\/I\/3\/1\/37.2-311","dublin_core":{"Title":"Review of applications for state or federal funds or services used in substance abuse programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-311","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No state<\/span> agency that is authorized to issue<\/span> final approval or disapproval of or to make a final review and comment on any application for state<\/span> funds or services that are to be used in a substance abuse<\/span> program shall take final action on an application until the application is first reviewed and commented on by the Department<\/span> to determine its compatibility with the comprehensive interagency state<\/span> plan for substance abuse<\/span> services, and thereafter the review and comment by the Department<\/span> shall remain a part of the application documents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every applicant for any state<\/span> funds, services, loans, grants-in-aid, or matching funds that are to be used in connection with any substance abuse<\/span> program shall submit a copy of the application for those funds, services, loans, grants-in-aid, or matching funds to the Department<\/span> for review and comment simultaneously with submission of the application to the funding source. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall review and comment on each application within 45 days after receiving the application or in accordance with the requirements of the funding source. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Every applicant for any federal funds that are to be used in connection with any substance abuse<\/span> program shall submit a summary of the application for those funds to the Department<\/span> for review and comment simultaneously with submission of the application to the funding source. If the application is approved, the applicant shall then provide the Department<\/span> with a complete copy of the application as funded within 45 days of receiving official notification of funding. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Each state<\/span> agency requesting an appropriation or a change in an existing appropriation from the General Assembly for substance abuse<\/span> programs shall submit the request to the Department<\/span> for review and comment to determine its compatibility with the comprehensive interagency state<\/span> plan for substance abuse<\/span> services and shall supply the Department<\/span> with all relevant information, including a full report on funds expended pursuant to prior appropriations. The Department<\/span> shall provide the Governor and the General Assembly with its assessment of each request by a state<\/span> agency for an appropriation or a change in an existing appropriation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS OR SERVICES USED IN SUBSTANCE\nABUSE PROGRAMS (\u00a7 37.2-311)\n\nA. No state agency that is authorized to issue final approval or disapproval of\nor to make a final review and comment on any application for state funds or\nservices that are to be used in a substance abuse program shall take final\naction on an application until the application is first reviewed and commented\non by the Department to determine its compatibility with the comprehensive\ninteragency state plan for substance abuse services, and thereafter the review\nand comment by the Department shall remain a part of the application documents.\n\nB. Every applicant for any state funds, services, loans, grants-in-aid, or\nmatching funds that are to be used in connection with any substance abuse\nprogram shall submit a copy of the application for those funds, services, loans,\ngrants-in-aid, or matching funds to the Department for review and comment\nsimultaneously with submission of the application to the funding source.\n\nC. The Department shall review and comment on each application within 45 days\nafter receiving the application or in accordance with the requirements of the\nfunding source.\n\nD. Every applicant for any federal funds that are to be used in connection with\nany substance abuse program shall submit a summary of the application for those\nfunds to the Department for review and comment simultaneously with submission of\nthe application to the funding source. If the application is approved, the\napplicant shall then provide the Department with a complete copy of the\napplication as funded within 45 days of receiving official notification of\nfunding.\n\nE. Each state agency requesting an appropriation or a change in an existing\nappropriation from the General Assembly for substance abuse programs shall\nsubmit the request to the Department for review and comment to determine its\ncompatibility with the comprehensive interagency state plan for substance abuse\nservices and shall supply the Department with all relevant information,\nincluding a full report on funds expended pursuant to prior appropriations. The\nDepartment shall provide the Governor and the General Assembly with its\nassessment of each request by a state agency for an appropriation or a change in\nan existing appropriation.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 767, \u00a7 37.1-206; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 724; 2005, c. 716;\n2008, c. 83.","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}}