                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEES (§ 37.2-204)

The Board shall appoint a state human rights committee that shall appoint local
human rights committees to address alleged violations of human rights of
individuals receiving services. One-third of the appointments made to the state
or local human rights committees shall be individuals who are receiving or who
have received services or family members of such individuals, with at least two
individuals who are receiving or who have received public or private mental
health, developmental, or substance abuse treatment or habilitation services
within five years of the date of their initial appointment on each committee. In
addition, at least one appointment to the state and each local human rights
committee shall be a health care provider. Remaining appointments shall include
lawyers and persons with interest, knowledge, or training in the mental health,
developmental, or substance abuse services field. No current employee of the
Department, a community services board, or a behavioral health authority shall
serve as a member of the state human rights committee. No current employee of
the Department, a community services board, a behavioral health authority, or
any facility, program, or organization licensed or funded by the Department or
funded by a community services board or behavioral health authority shall serve
as a member of any local human rights committee that serves an oversight
function for the employing facility, program, or organization.

HISTORY: 1999, c. 969, § 37.1-84.3; 2001, c. 453; 2005, cc. 201, 716; 2012, cc.
476, 507.