                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
BY DEPARTMENT; REDUCTION OF FUNDS (§ 37.2-509)

A. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department shall allocate available
state-controlled funds to community services boards for disbursement in
accordance with procedures established by the Department and performance
contracts approved by the Department. Allocations of state-controlled funds to
each community services board shall be determined by the Department, after
careful consideration of all of the following factors:

   1. The total amounts of state-controlled funds appropriated for this purpose;

   2. Previous allocations of state-controlled funds to each community services
   board;

   3. Requirements or conditions attached to appropriations of state-controlled
   funds by the General Assembly, the Governor, or federal granting authorities;

   4. Community services board input about the uses of and methodologies for
   allocating existing and new state-controlled funds; and

   5. Other relevant and appropriate considerations.
   				Allocations to any community services board for operating expenses,
   including salaries and other costs, or the construction of facilities shall
   not exceed 90 percent of the total amount of state and local matching funds
   provided for these expenses or such construction, unless a waiver is granted
   by the Department pursuant to policy adopted by the Board.

B. The Department shall notify the governing body of each city or county that
established the community services board before implementing any reduction of
state-controlled funds. Before any city or county reduces local government
matching funds, it shall notify its community services board and the Department.

C. All fees collected by the community services board shall be included in its
performance contract and retained and used by the board for mental health,
developmental, and substance abuse services purposes.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-199; 1972, c. 629; 1974, c. 273; 1976, c. 671;
1977, cc. 88, 351; 1980, c. 582; 1985, c. 309; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2012,
cc. 476, 507.