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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62375,"section_number":"63.2-1600","catch_line":"Home-based services","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64059,"identifier":"51.5-145","token":"51.5\/14\/4\/51.5-145","url":"\/51.5-145\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-145\/","token":"51.5\/14\/4\/51.5-145","dublin_core":{"Title":"Responsibility of the Department for adult services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-145","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall have responsibility for the planning and oversight of adult services<\/span> in the Commonwealth. Services shall be delivered by local departments<\/span> of social services, as set out in Article 1 (\u00a7 63.2-1600<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 16 of Title 63.2, and pursuant to regulations and subject to the oversight of the Commissioner<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR ADULT SERVICES (\u00a7 51.5-145)\n\nThe Department shall have responsibility for the planning and oversight of adult\nservices in the Commonwealth. Services shall be delivered by local departments\nof social services, as set out in Article 1 (\u00a7 63.2-1600 et seq.) of Chapter 16\nof Title 63.2, and pursuant to regulations and subject to the oversight of the\nCommissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}