                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFERRALS TO FAMILY ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING TEAM OR COLLABORATIVE,
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM PROCESS (§ 2.2-5209)

The community policy and management team shall establish policies governing the
referral of troubled youths and families to the family assessment and planning
team or a collaborative, multidisciplinary team process approved by the Council.
These policies shall include that all youth and families for which CSA-funded
treatment services are requested are to be assessed by the family assessment and
planning team or an approved collaborative, multidisciplinary team process and
shall consider the criteria set out in subdivisions A 1 through 4 of §
2.2-5212. Except for cases involving only the payment of foster care maintenance
that shall be at the discretion of the local community policy and management
team, cases for which service plans are developed outside of this family
assessment and planning team process or approved collaborative,
multidisciplinary team process shall not be eligible for state pool funds.
		Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of state pool funds for
emergency placements, provided the youth are subsequently assessed by the family
assessment and planning team or an approved collaborative, multidisciplinary
team process within 14 days of admission and the emergency placement is approved
at the time of placement. In cases involving the denial of state pool funds
resulting from parental refusal to consent to release of student records under
federal law, where such refusal precludes the development of placement through
the family assessment and planning team process or the approved collaborative,
multidisciplinary team process, an appeal for good cause may be made to the
Council.

HISTORY: 1992, cc. 837, 880, § 2.1-755; 1999, c. 669; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c.
483; 2025, c. 503.