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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 421 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapters 476<\/a>, 507<\/a>, 803<\/a>, and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60895,"section_number":"37.2-500","catch_line":"Purpose; community services board; services to be provided","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-500\/"},{"id":65047,"section_number":"37.2-600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236773,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62871,"identifier":"51.5-169","token":"51.5\/14\/10\/51.5-169","url":"\/51.5-169\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-169\/","token":"51.5\/14\/10\/51.5-169","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperative agreements with community services boards and schools","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-169","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No services funded under the authority of this article shall be provided to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Persons whose primary impairment is mental illness, intellectual disability, or substance abuse, except by cooperative agreement with the local community services<\/span> board established pursuant to Chapter 5 (§ 37.2-500<\/a> et seq.) of Title 37.2 or the behavioral health authority established pursuant to Chapter 6 (§ 37.2-600<\/a> et seq.) of Title 37.2 when that board or authority is currently offering the same services; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Public school-aged persons, except by cooperative agreement with that person’s school. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS AND SCHOOLS (\u00a7 51.5-169)\n\nNo services funded under the authority of this article shall be provided to:\n\n1. Persons whose primary impairment is mental illness, intellectual disability,\nor substance abuse, except by cooperative agreement with the local community\nservices board established pursuant to Chapter 5 (§ 37.2-500 et seq.) of\nTitle 37.2 or the behavioral health authority established pursuant to Chapter 6\n(§ 37.2-600 et seq.) of Title 37.2 when that board or authority is\ncurrently offering the same services; or\n\n2. Public school-aged persons, except by cooperative agreement with that\nperson’s school.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 421, \u00a7\u00a7 51.01-30, 51.5-30; 2012, cc. 476, 507, 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}}