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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0693\">693<\/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 5 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 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0861\">861<\/a>; in 1997, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0743\">743<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0680\">680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0476\">476<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0507\">507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83745,"section_number":"37.2-605","catch_line":"Behavioral health authorities; powers and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-605\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73736,"section_number":"37.2-511","catch_line":"Liability for expenses of services","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-511\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210137,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55036,"identifier":"37.2-612","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-612","url":"\/37.2-612\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-612\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-612","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability for expenses of services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-612","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Individuals<\/span> receiving services shall be liable for the expenses of services provided by a <span class=\"dictionary\">behavioral health authority<\/span> in the same manner that they are liable to <span class=\"dictionary\">community services boards<\/span>, as set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Liability for expenses of services\" href=\"\/37.2-511\/\">37.2-511<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY FOR EXPENSES OF SERVICES (\u00a7 37.2-612)\n\nIndividuals receiving services shall be liable for the expenses of services\nprovided by a behavioral health authority in the same manner that they are\nliable to community services boards, as set forth in \u00a7 37.2-511.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 693, \u00a7 15.1-1682; 1996, c. 861; 1997, cc. 587, 743, \u00a7\n37.1-248; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2012, 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}}