                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES (§
2.2-2664)

A. The Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council (the Council) is established as
an advisory council, within the meaning of &#xA7; 2.2-2100, in the executive
branch of state government. The purpose of the Council shall be to promote and
coordinate early intervention services in the Commonwealth.

B. The membership and operation of the Council shall be as required by Part C of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1431 et seq.).
The Commissioner of the Department of Health, the Director of the Department for
the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the
Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Commissioner of
Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Commissioner of Social
Services, the Commissioner of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired,
and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Insurance within the State Corporation
Commission shall each appoint one person from his agency to serve as the
agency&#8217;s representative on the Council. The Director of the
Commonwealth&#8217;s designated protection and advocacy system may appoint one
person from his agency to serve as the agency&#8217;s representative on the
Council.
			Agency representatives shall regularly inform their agency head of the
Council&#8217;s activities and the status of the implementation of an early
intervention services system in the Commonwealth.

C. The Council&#8217;s duties shall include advising and assisting the state
lead agency in the following:

   1. Performing its responsibilities for the early intervention services system;

   2. Identifying sources of fiscal and other support for early intervention
   services, recommending financial responsibility arrangements among agencies,
   and promoting interagency agreements;

   3. Developing strategies to encourage full participation, coordination, and
   cooperation of all appropriate agencies;

   4. Resolving interagency disputes;

   5. Gathering information about problems that impede timely and effective
   service delivery and taking steps to ensure that any identified policy
   problems are resolved;

   6. Preparing federal grant applications; and

   7. Preparing and submitting an annual report to the Governor and the U.S.
   Secretary of Education on the status of early intervention services within the
   Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 771, § 2.1-765; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 38; 2005, c. 695;
2009, cc. 813, 840; 2013, c. 571.