                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSIONER AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE AND EXPEND SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER FEDERAL
PAYMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES IN STATE FACILITIES (§ 37.2-704)

The Commissioner, under any provision of federal law and regulation and with the
approval of the Governor, may be appointed or function as the agent to whom
payments may be made on behalf of any beneficiary in state facilities. These
payments shall be expended for the use and benefit of the individuals receiving
services to whom they would otherwise be payable, and any residue resulting from
such payments shall be set aside in a special fund to the credit of the
individual on whose account the payment is made. The charges provided for by law
for the care of the individual receiving services shall be defrayed from such
payments. The provisions of subsection C of § 37.2-705 shall apply to any
payments received under this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 37-48.1; 1954, c. 412; 1958, c. 446; 1968, c. 477, §
37.1-28; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.