                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (§ 32.1-16)

A. There shall be a State Department of Health in the executive department
responsible to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The Department shall
be under the supervision and management of the State Health Commissioner. The
Commissioner shall carry out his management and supervisory responsibilities in
accordance with the policies, rules and regulations of the Board.

B. In addition to other duties imposed on the Department pursuant to this title,
the Department shall assist in the plan management functions of the federal
health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services pursuant to &#xA7; 1321 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act codified as 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 18041(c) in the Commonwealth,
including providing assistance to the State Corporation Commission in its
performance of plan management functions as set forth in &#xA7; 38.2-326. The
Department shall be compensated for expenses incurred in providing such
services.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 711; 2013, cc. 670, 679.