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The cost of maintaining children in such facilities through purchase of service contracts shall be established in accordance with regulations of the Board. Any moneys paid by a local board of a county or city to another county or city for services purchased pursuant to this section shall be applied by that county or city to the establishment and operation of such children’s residential facilities. Children’s residential facilities established pursuant to the provisions of this section shall meet standards prescribed by the Board.\n\t\tWithin the limits of appropriations of state funds, the Department shall reimburse the local board one half the actual cost of the construction, purchase, renovation or enlargement of each such facility. The Commonwealth shall reimburse the local board for administrative costs of operations of such facilities, including the entire reasonable cost of food, medicines, disinfectants, beds and bedding, utilities, equipment and service maintenance, transportation, staff salaries and fringe benefits, insurance and other necessary supplies in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-401.\n\t\tIn the event that a local board requests and receives financial assistance for the costs of the local share of the construction, purchase, renovation or operation of children’s residential facilities for children who are in the custody of such local board from any source other than reimbursement provided pursuant to this section, the total financial assistance and reimbursement shall not exceed the total cost of construction, purchase, renovation or operations, and such funds shall not be considered state funds.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":236700,"text":"Subject to approval by the Governor, a local board is authorized and empowered (i) to operate, construct, purchase, renovate or enlarge children’s residential facilities for children who are in the custody of such local board by reason of commitment, voluntary entrustment or temporary detention order or (ii) to contract for such services from other counties or cities operating such facilities or from individuals or private corporations whose facilities are licensed by the appropriate state agency. The cost of maintaining children in such facilities through purchase of service contracts shall be established in accordance with regulations of the Board. Any moneys paid by a local board of a county or city to another county or city for services purchased pursuant to this section shall be applied by that county or city to the establishment and operation of such children’s residential facilities. Children’s residential facilities established pursuant to the provisions of this section shall meet standards prescribed by the Board.\n\t\tWithin the limits of appropriations of state funds, the Department shall reimburse the local board one half the actual cost of the construction, purchase, renovation or enlargement of each such facility. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 383 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 1973 \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 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1977, chapter 571; in 1978, chapter 293; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67545,"section_number":"63.2-401","catch_line":"Reimbursement of localities by the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-401\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271047,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65022,"identifier":"63.2-411","token":"63.2\/I\/4\/63.2-411","url":"\/63.2-411\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-411\/","token":"63.2\/I\/4\/63.2-411","dublin_core":{"Title":"Construction and operation of children’s residential facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-411","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Subject to approval by the Governor, a local board<\/span> is authorized and empowered (i) to operate, construct, purchase, renovate or enlarge children’s residential facilities for children who are in the custody<\/span> of such local board<\/span> by reason of commitment, voluntary entrustment or temporary detention order<\/span> or (ii) to contract<\/span> for such services from other counties or cities operating such facilities or from individuals or private corporations whose facilities are licensed by the appropriate state agency. The cost of maintaining children in such facilities through purchase of service contracts<\/span> shall be established in accordance with regulations of the Board. Any moneys paid by a local board<\/span> of a county or city to another county or city for services purchased pursuant to this section shall be applied by that county or city to the establishment and operation of such children’s residential facilities. Children’s residential facilities established pursuant to the provisions of this section shall meet standards prescribed by the Board.\n\t\tWithin the limits of appropriations of state funds, the Department<\/span> shall reimburse the local board<\/span> one half the actual cost of the construction, purchase, renovation or enlargement of each such facility. The Commonwealth shall reimburse the local board<\/span> for administrative costs of operations of such facilities, including the entire reasonable cost of food, medicines, disinfectants, beds and bedding, utilities, equipment and service maintenance, transportation, staff salaries and fringe benefits, insurance and other necessary supplies in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-401<\/a>.\n\t\tIn the event that a local board<\/span> requests and receives financial assistance for the costs of the local share of the construction, purchase, renovation or operation of children’s residential facilities for children who are in the custody<\/span> of such local board<\/span> from any source other than reimbursement provided pursuant to this section, the total financial assistance and reimbursement shall not exceed the total cost of construction, purchase, renovation or operations, and such funds shall not be considered state funds.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES (\u00a7\n63.2-411)\n\nSubject to approval by the Governor, a local board is authorized and empowered\n(i) to operate, construct, purchase, renovate or enlarge children’s\nresidential facilities for children who are in the custody of such local board\nby reason of commitment, voluntary entrustment or temporary detention order or\n(ii) to contract for such services from other counties or cities operating such\nfacilities or from individuals or private corporations whose facilities are\nlicensed by the appropriate state agency. The cost of maintaining children in\nsuch facilities through purchase of service contracts shall be established in\naccordance with regulations of the Board. Any moneys paid by a local board of a\ncounty or city to another county or city for services purchased pursuant to this\nsection shall be applied by that county or city to the establishment and\noperation of such children’s residential facilities. Children’s\nresidential facilities established pursuant to the provisions of this section\nshall meet standards prescribed by the Board.\n\t\tWithin the limits of appropriations of state funds, the Department shall\nreimburse the local board one half the actual cost of the construction,\npurchase, renovation or enlargement of each such facility. The Commonwealth\nshall reimburse the local board for administrative costs of operations of such\nfacilities, including the entire reasonable cost of food, medicines,\ndisinfectants, beds and bedding, utilities, equipment and service maintenance,\ntransportation, staff salaries and fringe benefits, insurance and other\nnecessary supplies in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-401.\n\t\tIn the event that a local board requests and receives financial assistance for\nthe costs of the local share of the construction, purchase, renovation or\noperation of children’s residential facilities for children who are in the\ncustody of such local board from any source other than reimbursement provided\npursuant to this section, the total financial assistance and reimbursement shall\nnot exceed the total cost of construction, purchase, renovation or operations,\nand such funds shall not be considered state funds.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 383, \u00a7 63.1-56.1; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1977, c. 571; 1978, c.\n293; 2002, c. 747.","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}}