                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS OR SERVICES USED IN SUBSTANCE
ABUSE PROGRAMS (§ 37.2-311)

A. No state agency that is authorized to issue final approval or disapproval of
or to make a final review and comment on any application for state funds or
services that are to be used in a substance abuse program shall take final
action on an application until the application is first reviewed and commented
on by the Department to determine its compatibility with the comprehensive
interagency state plan for substance abuse services, and thereafter the review
and comment by the Department shall remain a part of the application documents.

B. Every applicant for any state funds, services, loans, grants-in-aid, or
matching funds that are to be used in connection with any substance abuse
program shall submit a copy of the application for those funds, services, loans,
grants-in-aid, or matching funds to the Department for review and comment
simultaneously with submission of the application to the funding source.

C. The Department shall review and comment on each application within 45 days
after receiving the application or in accordance with the requirements of the
funding source.

D. Every applicant for any federal funds that are to be used in connection with
any substance abuse program shall submit a summary of the application for those
funds to the Department for review and comment simultaneously with submission of
the application to the funding source. If the application is approved, the
applicant shall then provide the Department with a complete copy of the
application as funded within 45 days of receiving official notification of
funding.

E. Each state agency requesting an appropriation or a change in an existing
appropriation from the General Assembly for substance abuse programs shall
submit the request to the Department for review and comment to determine its
compatibility with the comprehensive interagency state plan for substance abuse
services and shall supply the Department with all relevant information,
including a full report on funds expended pursuant to prior appropriations. The
Department shall provide the Governor and the General Assembly with its
assessment of each request by a state agency for an appropriation or a change in
an existing appropriation.

HISTORY: 1976, c. 767, § 37.1-206; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 724; 2005, c. 716;
2008, c. 83.