                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SECRETARIES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO WORK TOGETHER (§
2.2-5301)

The Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Education shall work together
in:

1. Promoting interagency consensus and facilitating complementary agency
positions on issues relating to early intervention services;

2. Examining and evaluating the effectiveness of state agency programs,
services, and plans for early intervention services and identifying
duplications, inefficiencies, and unmet needs;

3. Analyzing state agency budget requests and any other budget items affecting
early intervention services;

4. Proposing ways of realigning funding to promote interagency initiatives and
programs for early intervention services;

5. Formulating recommendations on planning, priorities, and expenditures for
early intervention services and communicating the recommendations to the
Governor and state agency heads;

6. Formulating joint policy positions and statements on legislative issues
regarding early intervention services and communicating those positions and
statements to the General Assembly; and

7. Resolving interagency disputes and assigning financial responsibility in
accordance with Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. &#xA7; 1431 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1992, c. 771, § 2.1-761; 2001, c. 844.