                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROVIDING DRUGS OR MEDICINES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS DISCHARGED FROM STATE
FACILITIES (§ 37.2-843)

When any individual is discharged from a state facility and he or the person
liable for his care and treatment is financially unable to pay for or otherwise
access drugs or medicines that are prescribed for him by a member of the medical
staff of the state facility in order to mitigate or prevent a recurrence of the
condition for which he has received care and treatment in the state facility,
the Department or the community services board or behavioral health authority
serving the individual&#8217;s county or city of residence may, from funds
appropriated to the Department for that purpose, provide the individual with
such drugs and medicines, which shall be dispensed only in accordance with law.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 37-92.1; 1958, c. 158; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-101; 1986,
c. 349; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.