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Allocations of state-controlled funds to each community services board shall be determined by the Department, after careful consideration of all of the following factors:1\n\nThe total amounts of state-controlled funds appropriated for this purpose;2\n\nPrevious allocations of state-controlled funds to each community services board;3\n\nRequirements or conditions attached to appropriations of state-controlled funds by the General Assembly, the Governor, or federal granting authorities;4\n\nCommunity services board input about the uses of and methodologies for allocating existing and new state-controlled funds; and5\n\nOther relevant and appropriate considerations.\n\t\t\t\tAllocations to any community services board for operating expenses, including salaries and other costs, or the construction of facilities shall not exceed 90 percent of the total amount of state and local matching funds provided for these expenses or such construction, unless a waiver is granted by the Department pursuant to policy adopted by the Board.B\n\nThe Department shall notify the governing body of each city or county that established the community services board before implementing any reduction of state-controlled funds. Before any city or county reduces local government matching funds, it shall notify its community services board and the Department.C\n\nAll fees collected by the community services board shall be included in its performance contract and retained and used by the board for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services purposes.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276377,"text":"At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department shall allocate available state-controlled funds to community services boards for disbursement in accordance with procedures established by the Department and performance contracts approved by the Department. 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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 477 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1972, chapter 629; in 1974, chapter 273; in 1976, chapter 671; in 1977, chapters 88 and 351; in 1980, chapter 582; in 1985, chapter 309; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63802,"section_number":"37.2-611","catch_line":"Local appropriations; allocation of funds by Department; reduction of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-611\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77016,"identifier":"37.2-509","token":"37.2\/II\/5\/37.2-509","url":"\/37.2-509\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-509\/","token":"37.2\/II\/5\/37.2-509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services; allocation of funds by Department; reduction of funds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department<\/span> shall allocate available state<\/span>-controlled funds to community services boards<\/span> for disbursement in accordance with procedures established by the Department<\/span> and performance contracts<\/span> approved by the Department<\/span>. Allocations of state<\/span>-controlled funds to each community services board<\/span> shall be determined by the Department<\/span>, after careful consideration of all of the following factors: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The total amounts of state<\/span>-controlled funds appropriated for this purpose; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Previous allocations of state<\/span>-controlled funds to each community services board<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Requirements or conditions attached to appropriations of state<\/span>-controlled funds by the General Assembly, the Governor, or federal granting authorities; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Community services board<\/span> input about the uses of and methodologies for allocating existing and new state<\/span>-controlled funds; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Other relevant and appropriate considerations.\n\t\t\t\tAllocations to any community services board<\/span> for operating expenses, including salaries and other costs, or the construction of facilities shall not exceed 90 percent of the total amount of state<\/span> and local matching funds provided for these expenses or such construction, unless a waiver<\/span> is granted by the Department<\/span> pursuant to policy adopted by the Board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall notify the governing body of each city or county that established the community services board<\/span> before implementing any reduction of state<\/span>-controlled funds. Before any city or county reduces local government matching funds, it shall notify its community services board<\/span> and the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> All fees collected by the community services board<\/span> shall be included in its performance contract<\/span> and retained and used by the board for mental health, developmental, and substance abuse<\/span> services purposes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS\nBY DEPARTMENT; REDUCTION OF FUNDS (\u00a7 37.2-509)\n\nA. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department shall allocate available\nstate-controlled funds to community services boards for disbursement in\naccordance with procedures established by the Department and performance\ncontracts approved by the Department. Allocations of state-controlled funds to\neach community services board shall be determined by the Department, after\ncareful consideration of all of the following factors:\n\n 1. The total amounts of state-controlled funds appropriated for this purpose;\n\n 2. Previous allocations of state-controlled funds to each community services\n board;\n\n 3. Requirements or conditions attached to appropriations of state-controlled\n funds by the General Assembly, the Governor, or federal granting authorities;\n\n 4. Community services board input about the uses of and methodologies for\n allocating existing and new state-controlled funds; and\n\n 5. Other relevant and appropriate considerations.\n \t\t\t\tAllocations to any community services board for operating expenses,\n including salaries and other costs, or the construction of facilities shall\n not exceed 90 percent of the total amount of state and local matching funds\n provided for these expenses or such construction, unless a waiver is granted\n by the Department pursuant to policy adopted by the Board.\n\nB. The Department shall notify the governing body of each city or county that\nestablished the community services board before implementing any reduction of\nstate-controlled funds. Before any city or county reduces local government\nmatching funds, it shall notify its community services board and the Department.\n\nC. All fees collected by the community services board shall be included in its\nperformance contract and retained and used by the board for mental health,\ndevelopmental, and substance abuse services purposes.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-199; 1972, c. 629; 1974, c. 273; 1976, c. 671;\n1977, cc. 88, 351; 1980, c. 582; 1985, c. 309; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2012,\ncc. 476, 507.","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}}