CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT REGARDING AGING SERVICES (§
51.5-137)

The Department shall have the following responsibilities regarding aging
services in the Commonwealth:

1. Develop appropriate fiscal and administrative controls over aging services in
the Commonwealth;

2. Develop a state long-term care plan to guide the coordination and delivery of
aging services. The plan shall ensure the development of a continuum of aging
services for older persons in need of services;

3. Identify and assure the equitable statewide distribution of resources for
aging services; and

4. Perform ongoing evaluations of the cost-effective utilization of aging
services.

HISTORY: 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 728.