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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80482</law_id><section_number>63.2-200</section_number><catch_line>Department of Social Services created</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-835</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Social Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">State Social Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department and Commissioner of Social Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Social Services</span> is hereby created in the executive branch responsible to the Governor. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be under the supervision and management of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of <span class="dictionary">Social Services</span>.</p></section></text><history>1974, cc. 44, 45, &#xA7; 63.1-1.1; 1981, c. 21; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
