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Any person responsible for holding, managing, or controlling the income and estate of the individual shall apply the income and estate toward the expenses of the services utilized by the individual.\n\t\tAny person responsible for the support of an individual receiving services pursuant to \u00a7 20-61 or a common law duty to support shall be liable for the expenses of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community services board that are utilized by the individual, unless the individual, regardless of age, qualifies for and is receiving aid under a federal or state program of assistance to the blind or disabled. Any such person shall no longer be financially liable, however, when a cumulative total of 1,826 days of (i) care and treatment or training for the individual in a state facility, (ii) utilization by the individual of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community services board, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii) has passed and payment for or a written agreement to pay the charges for 1,826 days of care and services has been made. Not less than three hours of service per day shall be required to include one day in the cumulative total of 1,826 days of utilization of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community services board. In order to claim this exemption, the person legally liable for the individual shall produce evidence sufficient to prove eligibility for it.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265174,"text":"The income and estate of an individual receiving services shall be liable for the expenses of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community services board that are utilized by the individual. 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 50 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 1982 \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 1984, chapter 431; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65222,"section_number":"37.2-504","catch_line":"Community services boards; local government departments; powers and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-504\/"},{"id":55036,"section_number":"37.2-612","catch_line":"Liability for expenses of services","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-612\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68962,"section_number":"20-61","catch_line":"Desertion or nonsupport of wife, husband or children in necessitous circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-61\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210075,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73736,"identifier":"37.2-511","token":"37.2\/II\/5\/37.2-511","url":"\/37.2-511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-511\/","token":"37.2\/II\/5\/37.2-511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability for expenses of services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The income and estate of an individual receiving services<\/span> shall be liable for the expenses of services under the jurisdiction<\/span> or supervision of any community services board<\/span> that are utilized by the individual. Any person responsible for holding, managing, or controlling the income and estate of the individual shall apply the income and estate toward the expenses of the services utilized by the individual.\n\t\tAny person responsible for the support of an individual receiving services<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 20-61<\/a> or a common law<\/span> duty to support shall be liable for the expenses of services under the jurisdiction<\/span> or supervision of any community services board<\/span> that are utilized by the individual, unless the individual, regardless of age, qualifies for and is receiving aid under a federal or state<\/span> program of assistance to the blind or disabled. Any such person shall no longer be financially liable, however, when a cumulative total of 1,826 days of (i) care and treatment or training for the individual in a state<\/span> facility<\/span>, (ii) utilization by the individual of services under the jurisdiction<\/span> or supervision of any community services board<\/span>, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii) has passed and payment for or a written agreement to pay the charges for 1,826 days of care and services has been made. Not less than three hours of service per day shall be required to include one day in the cumulative total of 1,826 days of utilization of services under the jurisdiction<\/span> or supervision of any community services board<\/span>. In order<\/span> to claim this exemption, the person legally liable for the individual shall produce evidence<\/span> sufficient to prove eligibility for it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY FOR EXPENSES OF SERVICES (\u00a7 37.2-511)\n\nThe income and estate of an individual receiving services shall be liable for\nthe expenses of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community\nservices board that are utilized by the individual. Any person responsible for\nholding, managing, or controlling the income and estate of the individual shall\napply the income and estate toward the expenses of the services utilized by the\nindividual.\n\t\tAny person responsible for the support of an individual receiving services\npursuant to \u00a7 20-61 or a common law duty to support shall be liable for the\nexpenses of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community\nservices board that are utilized by the individual, unless the individual,\nregardless of age, qualifies for and is receiving aid under a federal or state\nprogram of assistance to the blind or disabled. Any such person shall no longer\nbe financially liable, however, when a cumulative total of 1,826 days of (i)\ncare and treatment or training for the individual in a state facility, (ii)\nutilization by the individual of services under the jurisdiction or supervision\nof any community services board, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii) has\npassed and payment for or a written agreement to pay the charges for 1,826 days\nof care and services has been made. Not less than three hours of service per day\nshall be required to include one day in the cumulative total of 1,826 days of\nutilization of services under the jurisdiction or supervision of any community\nservices board. In order to claim this exemption, the person legally liable for\nthe individual shall produce evidence sufficient to prove eligibility for it.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 50, \u00a7 37.1-202.1; 1984, c. 431; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716;\n2012, cc. 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}}