2.2-5301 - Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Education to work together. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-5301. Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Education to worktogether.

The Secretaries of Health and Human Resources and Education shall worktogether in:

1. Promoting interagency consensus and facilitating complementary agencypositions on issues relating to early intervention services;

2. Examining and evaluating the effectiveness of state agency programs,services, and plans for early intervention services and identifyingduplications, inefficiencies, and unmet needs;

3. Analyzing state agency budget requests and any other budget itemsaffecting early intervention services;

4. Proposing ways of realigning funding to promote interagency initiativesand programs for early intervention services;

5. Formulating recommendations on planning, priorities, and expenditures forearly intervention services and communicating the recommendations to theGovernor and state agency heads;

6. Formulating joint policy positions and statements on legislative issuesregarding early intervention services and communicating those positions andstatements to the General Assembly; and

7. Resolving interagency disputes and assigning financial responsibility inaccordance with Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20U.S.C. § 1431 et seq.).

(1992, c. 771, § 2.1-761; 2001, c. 844.)