                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD CREATED (§ 51.5-31)

There shall be a Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, responsible to the
Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The Board shall be composed of 40
members, to include the head or a person designated by the head of the
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Department for the Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing, Department of Education, Department of Medical Assistance
Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department
of Health, and Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired; one representative
of the protection and advocacy entity; one representative of the university
center for excellence in developmental disabilities; one representative each, to
be appointed by the Governor, of a local governmental agency, a manufacturing or
a retailing industry, a high-technology industry, a public transit interest, and
a nongovernmental agency or group of agencies concerned with services for
persons with developmental disabilities; a banking executive; one person with
disabilities other than developmental disabilities; and 24 persons with
developmental disabilities, parents or guardians of children with developmental
disabilities, or immediate relatives or guardians of adults with cognitive
developmental disabilities who cannot advocate for themselves. Of the last 24
persons, one-third shall be persons with developmental disabilities; one-third
shall be a combination of (i) parents or guardians of children with
developmental disabilities and (ii) immediate relatives or guardians of adults
with cognitive developmental disabilities who cannot advocate for themselves;
and one-third shall be a combination of (a) persons with developmental
disabilities, (b) parents or guardians of children with developmental
disabilities, and (c) immediate relatives or guardians of adults with cognitive
developmental disabilities who cannot advocate for themselves. At least one
person shall be either (1) an immediate relative or guardian of a person who
resides in or previously resided in an institution or (2) a person with a
developmental disability who previously resided in an institution. Such persons
shall not be employees of the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities or
&#8220;managing employees,&#8221; as defined by the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. § 1320a-5), of any other entity that receives funds or provides services
under Subtitle B of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-402).
		Each member appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a four-year term.
Members so appointed shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of the
Governor. Any vacancy other than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the
unexpired term. No person appointed by the Governor shall serve for more than
two successive terms.
		The Board shall elect its chairman.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 421, § 51.01-31; 1989, c. 133; 1990, c. 458; 1992, c. 627;
2001, cc. 526, 546; 2003, c. 501; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2015,
c. 523; 2023, c. 190.